Knox County News

The family of a slain ETSU graduate has settled a lawsuit against the Knoxville apartment complex where she was fatally stabbed in December 2004.

Local experts say homelessness is everywhere in Knox County. It is under the bridge you take on the way to work, maybe even in the empty lot behind your office.

While Tennessee education officials recently have changed the way they calculate achievement data, resulting in tougher standards, Knox County Schools still showed more academic growth compared to the state average over the past year, according to the annual state Report Card released Tuesday.

The Anderson County Sheriff's Department is asking for the public's help to find a man wanted for the attempted murder of another man on Sunday.

A state Report Card released today showed mixed results for East Tennessee schools, with some outperforming the statewide average in the area of academic growth and others scoring lower.

A Campbell County Comprehensive High School student was arrested today after police found a handgun in his locker, according to Sheriff Gary W. Perkins.

A North Carolina man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison and a lifetime of community supervision for a sex offense against a 7-year-old girl.

Five Knoxville area restaurants flunked their health inspections this week by double digits.

The fate of convicted torture slaying ringleader Lemaricus Davidson is in the hands of a Knox County jury.

The death of an inmate at the Morgan County Correctional Complex is being investigated as an apparent suicide.

A Knox County family's lawsuit over religion in their son's former school is before a federal court.

A Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper in south Knox County recaptured the escaped Morgan County Correctional Complex inmate who apparently walked away from a work detail in the Frost Bottom area of Anderson County around 1 p.m. Monday, according to Tennessee Department of Corrections spokesperson Dorinda Carter.

Candidates can still do some politicking at Knox County schools, but a minor tweaking of a policy assures consistency in how that is done, says school board Chairwoman Indya Kincannon.

Gary Christian, father of Channon Christian, listens as defense attorney David M. Eldridge cross-examines Jennifer Millsaps, a TBI Special Agent Forensic Specialist, about DNA evidence.

Ten restaurants received failing grades from Knox County health inspectors this week.

There's a new development to a report by 6 On Your Side about a Knox County breast cancer patient caught in a battle over insurance.

The defense team for torture-slaying alleged ringleader Lemaricus Davidson inched closer today to suggesting a consensual sexual encounter rather than rape.

There was a time when Circuit Court Clerk Lillian Bean was a force in county politics.

Upon recommendation of the the Knox County Health Department, Knox County Schools are changing attendance policies this flu season.

A motorcycle driver and a woman riding with him were killed Sunday night in a crash in West Knox County.