The Knox County Commission is scheduled to consider a resolution that would approve nearly $8.6 million in additions and renovations to Sterchi Elementary School. The ...

Knox County's Junior Commission Program is in the national spotlight, earning the 2025 National Achievement Award from the ...

Knox County's Junior Commission Youth Civics program earned a 2025 National Achievement Award for its work in civic education.

The project was the subject of a ProPublica story in 2024 revealing that conservative private interests were financing a misinformation campaign.

Knox News reported June 2 that state investigators on April 7 had talked to the facility's only nurse, Stefani Clowers, for an hour and a half that day. One month later, Bean, the superintendent of ...

Knox County names Brian Bivens as interim director of the juvenile detention center, succeeding Richard L. Bean upon his ...

The Knox County Election Commission held a hearing to determine whether Talman can cite 616 Luttrell St. as his address. Commissioners say he can.

If the Knoxville City Council adds a sales tax increase to voters' Nov. 4 ballots, Knox County leaders will have 40 days to ...

Auditors plan to conduct ongoing checks of how much public employees are spending on out-of-town travel and how they use county vehicles.

Shane Jackson, Knox County Commissioner of District Four, is not opposed to the idea of KCSO taking over, but feels it’s rushed or may be premature. “My analogy today, I said, Josh Heupel is a ...

State law says only cities with sales taxes higher than the county they're in can exempt groceries from sales tax increases.

The new board consists of five county commissioners; one was appointed by Knox County juvenile judge Tim Irwin.