With KCSO and its contractor absent, County Commission unites to ban fixed-location license-plate-reader cameras.
Density Denied in Carter
County commissioners denied a rezoning request that would have allowed apartments or townhouses in the heart of the Carter community.
GOP Fractures Exposed
Local Republicans engage in a tempestuous text-messaging thread about party unity heading into the August general election.
Family Matters
County commissioners decline to hear Fox’s Nuclear Family Month proclamation, which critics say doesn’t recognize many familial arrangements.
Tax Repeal Idled
County Commission has delayed consideration of a phased elimination of the county’s wheel tax until after the August general election.
Scrutinizing Nonprofits
Two commissioners want more detailed financial reporting from entities receiving county funding, but others are skeptical that it’s needed.
Disclosure Required
By a razor-thin margin, Knox County Commissioners have adopted a new rule governing the chair’s public comments outside its meetings.
Commissioners Skeptical of Indecency Resolution
County Commissioner Rhonda Lee’s second attempt to restrict county funding to agencies that ‘sexualize children’ runs into pointed questions.
Keeping It Rustic
A planned ‘resort area’ at Melton Hill Park will add amenities but maintain its outdoors allure.
Election 2024: County Commission District 6
A young Democrat challenges the well-established Republican Commission chair in growth-choked Hardin Valley and Karns.











