Debt Crisis Looms

Ballooning payments for past borrowing could leave future county leaders with little choice but to raise property taxes.

Dysfunctional Detention

CTAS finds the county’s juvenile service center needs a comprehensive overhaul of everything from the building to staffing to operations.

Commissioners bestow an honor traditionally reserved for Knox County residents and organizations on the late conservative speaker.

If Knox County Commission approves the measure, the local levy on vehicle registrations would be phased out over three years.

After a six-month preparation period, Sheriff Tom Spangler will assume management of the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Service Center on Jan. 1, 2026.

By a razor-thin margin, Knox County Commissioners have adopted a new rule governing the chair’s public comments outside its meetings.

Commissioner Andy Fox asked to delay the vote, but his colleagues criticised him for being unprepared and proceeded to approve the spending plan.

County Commissioner Rhonda Lee’s second attempt to restrict county funding to agencies that ‘sexualize children’ runs into pointed questions.

A newly formed environmental advocacy group is calling on Knox County to develop a climate change plan. Meanwhile, a regional effort is afoot.

County Commissioner Andy Fox is pushing for something officials say they’ve never seen — downzoning properties against the owners’ wishes.