Sheriff Tom Spangler invites County Commission to talk overcrowding at the county detention center.
Precinct Profile: Knox County #66N
Split between Knoxville and Farragut, the affluent suburban precinct is firmly Republican.
Who Is ‘Knox County’?
A legal maneuver sets up a courtroom confrontation between the county mayor and law director.
Precinct Profile: Knox County #57
In the county’s northern reaches, a district full of goats, cows and pickup trucks leans heavily Republican.
Precinct Profile: Knox County #25
Vestal is at the center of one of the city’s most politically mixed precincts.
Mayor’s Moves
Glenn Jacobs makes another round of Knox County personnel shifts — including hiring his chief of staff’s brother.
Whither the A.J.?
Another delay for a $6 million deal to redevelop the Andrew Johnson Building, as the new county mayor decides whether to go ahead with it.
Going Up Around the Bend
The Metropolitan Planning Commission voted unanimously over neighbors’ objections Thursday to approve a development on a peninsula off Tooles Bend Road.
Politicoachella
A first-of-its-kind potluck brings together county, school, city
and state officials to chew the fat.