Posted: 1:38 PM New state rules for hydraulic fracturing of rock to release natural gas have come about as interest builds in tapping the Chattanooga Shale formation.

Updated: 1:35 PM King College is changing its name to King University. The college in Bristol, Tenn., opened in 1867, but has grown rapidly since 2005, doubling the number of students to 2,400.

Posted: 1:32 PM The legislature passed laws in 2006 giving the film commission authority to use financial incentives to lure movie production companies to the state.

Posted: 11:32 AM Commercial fishermen in Tennessee say they could help reduce the number of invasive Asian carp with a relatively minor change in fishing regulations.

Posted: 8:42 AM An alderman in Franklin wants to loosen city restrictions so people could carry guns into City Hall and other municipal buildings.

Posted: 6:54 AM Tennessee prosecutors are pushing for changes to the law that they say will aid the prosecution of serial child sexual abusers.

Posted: 6:23 AM Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson don't get together as much as they'd like. When they do, something amazing usually happens.

Posted: 1:09 PM A Hamilton County grand jury chose not to indict a grandfather after his 2-year-old grandson accidentally shot himself with the man's pistol.

Posted: 1:05 PM Cracker Barrel plans to begin selling its some of its products in grocery stores.

Posted: 10:19 AM Skeptics of a proposal to allow wine to be sold in Tennessee supermarkets and convenience stores say any change in law should be deferred for several years to give liquor store owners time to adjust to the new competition.

Posted: 11:51 AM Fire officials are investigating the cause of a blaze that resulted in the death of an 87-year-old Johnson City woman.

Posted: 5:06 PM Tullahoma Police have charged a woman with forcing her teenage daughter to have sex with her boyfriend in exchange for drugs.

Posted: 11:33 AM Searchers have recovered the body of a young boy from a creek where he, his father and his sister disappeared eight days earlier.

Posted: 8:08 AM Freshman state Rep. Jeremy Durham has filed a House bill seeking to block Tennessee from expanding Medicaid under the federal health care overhaul.

Posted: 8:06 AM A longtime Memphis educator is scheduled to appear before a federal judge on charges that he led a three-state organization that helped teachers cheat on qualification tests.

Posted: 6:32 AM The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is holding a town hall meeting in Chattanooga with state Rep. Eric Watson to discuss human trafficking in Tennessee.

Updated: 4:48 AM The state has identified nine more cases of children who died during the past two years while in the care of the Tennessee Department of Children's Services.

Posted: 10:38 AM Police said the incident occurred shortly before 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in a convenience store parking lot. A caller to 911 said three men were talking about robbing someone.

Posted: 10:35 AM Kristin Irizarry of Clarksville was found dead in Cumberland City on Oct. 14. An autopsy showed prescription narcotics in her system.

Posted: 5:50 AM Officials from the state and local law enforcement officials will hold a news conference on Thursday to announce enforcement efforts to address the increase in traffic fatalities.

Updated: 5:51 AM Under current rules, every lawmaker receives $173 each day to offset meals and lodging while they are participating in legislative proceedings, regardless of whether they spend the night at a hotel.

Posted: 5:40 AM In a news release, the university said it was now lending iPad2 tablets on a first-come basis for three days per checkout.

Posted: 5:38 AM North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory is declaring in a state of emergency for mountain counties affected by a landslide triggered by heavy rains earlier this month.

Updated: 5:38 AM The company said it plans to open the chain's 11,000th store before the year's end and the company's 75th anniversary in 2014.

Posted: 1:19 PM Council Member Myron Lowery has submitted a proposal to add the name of civil rights advocate Ida B. Wells to Forrest Park. But Lowery was in Washington, D.C., and the committee took no action.