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Knox County's day-to-day operations are run by eight officeholders who aren't subject to the same oversight as other elected ...
Former Knox County Commissioner Jeff Ownby faced a criminal public indecency charge while in office. He was arrested and charged in May 2012, and vowed not to resign. His fellow commissioners publicly ...
Knox County Trustee Justin Biggs is the third of Knox County's four most recent trustees to be the target of an investigation ...
Republicans on March 29 overwhelmingly elected former state Rep. Martin Daniel as Knox County GOP chair over Buddy Burkhart, ...
An employee of the Knox County Trustee’s Office has been fired amid an investigation by the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury. Knox County Trustee Justin Biggs ...
Knox County Board of Education chair Betsy Henderson is running for Knox County mayor in 2026.
In all, Biggs and his staff paid $17,314.58 for those hotel rooms. Trustee staff also have driven county-leased vehicles for ...
Knox News photojournalists travel across the region to document the dresses, tuxes, glitz and glam of prom nights.
A South Knox County home was left heavily damaged after a fire Thursday night, which included explosions from ammunition inside the home.
The 68-page document outlined the "eviction crisis" in Knox County and the efficiency of investing in Legal Aid of East Tennessee's eviction prevention program.