Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs is demanding the county commission shift control of the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center from an appointed board of trustees to the sheriff's office. Jacobs ...

Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs touched on the county’s juvenile detention center during his weekly update Friday, outlining ...

Knox County commissioners vote to temporarily transfer oversight of a juvenile center to the Sheriff's Office.

Richard Bean reversed course less than a day later under pressure from Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs and Juvenile Court Judge Tim Irwin. Jacobs and Irwin warned Bean that his decision put taxpayers ...

Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs is demanding the county commission shift control of the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center from an appointed board of trustees to the sheriff's office.

Richard Bean, chief of Knox County's juvenile detention center, announced his resignation May 30 under pressure for how he ...

The Knox County Commission on June 23 overhauled decades of leadership at the troubled juvenile detention center.

Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs calls for change after a series of complaints against Superintendent Richard Bean.

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

It's pay raise season for several Knox County officials. State law mandates it for each new fiscal year. Mayor Glenn Jacobs now makes $219,032.06 annually and Sheriff Tom Spangler makes $208,601.64.

Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs is calling out issues at the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center after Richard Bean, the superintendent at center, fired two employees in apparent retaliation ...

Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs presents the county's budget for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 at the Main Assembly Room of the City-County Building in downtown Knoxville on May 5, 2025.