Students at Tennessee’s public colleges and universities could be facing a 5 percent tuition increase.

Today marked yet another delay in the case of accused killer Howard Hawk Willis.

Health officials say four people in North Carolina have tested positive for a type of swine flu that’s resistant to the drug Tamiflu.

By the end of next year, dozens of families in Washington County, Tennessee should have fresh, clean water to quench their thirsts. Mayor George Jaynes returned from Nashville Friday with a $500,000 Tennessee Community Development grant. According to Jaynes, Governor Phil Bredesen awarded the county the money to help bring water service to the Bulldog Miller Road section of the county in Telford. People in that section of the county currently get their water from wells that are either dry or contaminated, Jaynes said.

Johnson City leaders are still working on the railroad, hoping to nail down a deal that would turn an old rail line into biking and hiking trails. At Thursday night’s commission meeting, leaders reaffirmed their interest in the old Tweetsie Line.