
Election 2026: Commission District 7
Republican Barry Beeler is vying with Democrat William Cooper to represent a district that has historically been heavily red..
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- July 15, 2026Three days before early voting begins, Knox County mayoral hopefuls Beau Hawk and Betsy Henderson took questions from residents at a forum in West Hills.
- July 14, 2026In a race flavored by cultural issues, Democrat Brandon Huckaby is running against Republican Sheri Super to represent the county’s most divided district.
- July 13, 2026A Democratic political newcomer and a Republican school-board member are vying to become Knox County’s next mayor.
- July 13, 2026Every Monday we run down the week’s public meetings and civic events.
- July 13, 2026A weekly mystery photo to test your knowledge of the local landscape.
- July 10, 2026A developer failed a second time to get Planning Commission approval for its planned apartment complex on the South Waterfront but can try again.
- July 9, 2026Both political newcomer Stephen Hood and current Register of Deeds Nick McBride pledge to restore integrity to the scandal-prone Trustee’s Office.
- July 8, 2026KCDC will begin the planning process for redeveloping the Neyland Drive corridor from Maplehurst and the Henley Bridge to Third Creek.
- July 7, 2026School board members complained they got no advance notice that revenues would be withheld, and that elected officials would get pay raises amid job and pay cuts.
- July 6, 2026Every Monday we run down the week’s public meetings and civic events.
Recent Highlights
All free to read and share.- Superintendent Jon Rysewyk says banning the book 'weighed heavily on me.' But the law that led to the removal remains.
- Authorities allege that Assistant Chief Deputy David Amburn, former Sheriff Jimmy ‘J.J.’ Jones and others used drug-unit funds for personal gain.
- Rachel Milford and Cattywampus Puppet Council transform public spaces into theaters of joy, visibility and collective imagination.
- Henderson is elected the GOP nominee for county mayor in a Republican primary that featured close contests, fallen incumbents and unforeseen twists.
- County commissioners are taking up immigration issues as outrage grows over federal agents’ killing of a man in Minnesota.













