Those running to replace Sheriff Tom Spangler have mixed feelings about running a facility for teens. Here's what they said.

The U.S. Marshals Service’s Smoky Mountains Fugitive Task Force arrested a woman in Nashville after she escaped from a Davidson County Sheriff’s Office’s detention facility, the ...

The Knox County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about a scam targeting families of recently incarcerated people.

Knox Borough Council Nov. 17 gave its tentative approval to a 2026 budget covering the general fund, highway fund and the water and sewerage accounts and reluctantly OKed ...

Knox Borough Council approved this month a preliminary agreement to employ a summer intern from PennWest University through the McElhattan Foundation.

Knox County Sheriff Tom Spangler volunteered to run the troubled Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center. But he's only ...

Fentress County Sheriff Michael “Bigfoot” Reagon was arrested after the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation obtained an ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — UPDATE WEDNESDAY: A Knox County chancellor said Wednesday he'll review - behind closed doors - information sought by a death row inmate about the state's lethal injection drug. By ...

The Knox County Sheriff's Office won't take over the troubled Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention center until around the time a new sheriff is elected in 2026. Knox County Commissioners voted Nov. 17 ...