Mayor Glenn Jacobs has tapped retired Knox County Sheriff’s Office Assistant Chief Brian Bivens as the head of the county’s ...

Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs demanded the county commission wrest control of the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention center ...

The Knox County Commission will discuss an emergency ordinance creating an administrative oversight committee for the Richard ...

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

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

Richard L. Bean reversed course on the firing under pressure from Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs and Juvenile Court Judge Tim ...

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.

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.

The referendum comes after public spats between Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs and Law Director Bud Armstrong since Jacobs was elected in 2018.

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

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 ...

Mike Hammond, the Knox County criminal court clerk, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer in its early stages and expects to make a full recovery. Hammond, 71, is running for Knox County mayor ...