A federal judge ordered the release Dec. 12 of a Maryville man arrested by ICE despite his legal right to live and work in ...

KNOX COUNTY — After touring the Knox County jail with Sheriff Tom Spangler, county commissioners who were present at the Roger D. Wilson Detention Facility Wednesday reacted to the sheriff's desire to ...

KNOX COUNTY — The Roger D. Wilson Detention Facility in Knox County is over capacity by more than 115 people as the Knox County Sheriff's Office faces challenges stemming from the overcrowding. The ...

Bernie Lyon, Knox County Sheriff’s Office chief deputy and candidate for the job of sheriff itself, has been hospitalized in ...

Brian Bivens submitted his resignation Nov. 9. He had been working on fixing a number of issues within the Richard L. Bean ...

Knox County Sheriff Tom Spangler volunteered to run the troubled Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center. But he's only ...

Knox County Chief Deputy Bernie Lyon is in the ICU; his condition and reasons for hospitalization are undisclosed.

Evans left a crowded field to replace Sheriff Tom Spangler, who is prevented from running again because of term limits.