Knox County News

Alexander recently created Knox Composts, a new program that allows residents and small businesses in Knoxville to recycle their organic food scrap waste for a modest fee and get composted soil back in return.

Assistant Chief Clyde Cowan with the Knox County Sheriff's Office walks down a driveway in the 2400 block of Alcoa Highway where a shooting was reported Wednesday, June 19, 2013.

Authorities confirmed that a 6-month-old girl was taken to the hospital after a shooting on the 2400 block of Alcoa Highway this afternoon.

"What is at stake is the protection of society. It is gay rights versus family rights.

The Knox County Sheriff's Office says they obtained a warrant to search the home on Sunset Avenue in East Knoxville after a six-month investigation.

Pellissippi State Community College is reaching out to community members in East Knox County through its newly opened Strawberry Plains Campus and will host summer registration days for prospective college students at Carter High School from 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m. July 10 and July 24. Registration Day is an opportunity for students interested in ... (more)

For Sabrina Osborne, who has been teaching first grade for three years, the thought of changing how she teaches her students because of new, rigorous standards is a lot to digest.

Only one historic building has been demolished downtown in this century. Three more proposed demolitions of intact pre-war buildings have come to the fore in the last few days.

The possibility of term-limiting school board members is unlikely. That's the message Knox County Commission heard Monday from state Rep. Ryan A. Haynes.

A Pilot Flying J employee pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday morning to charges of conspiracy and wire fraud.

Knoxville Police Chief David Rausch should be commended for crushing a cover-up among his officers regarding a brutal beating in February of a homeless man in North Knoxville.

Firefighters found flames shooting through the roof of a home at 10817 Westland Drive around 12:30 a.m. Crews say 50% of the home was on fire.

Robert J. Booker is a freelance writer and former executive director of the Beck Cultural Exchange Center.

J. MILES CARY/NEWS SENTINEL Lavonte Dominique Simmons, left, waits for a hearing with Public Defender Mark Stephens on Monday in General Sessions Court in Knoxville.

One West Knox County man, though, is accused of stabbing another driver and then fleeing the scene after the two had a minor fender-bender Sunday night, according to authorities.

Seventy students in grades two to seven arrived Monday morning at Hardin Valley Academy to explore the world of science, technology, engineering and math.

Knox County, which did not meet EPA air quality guidelines for smog and ground-level ozone, is in a three-year review period to make sure air quality levels do not backslide.

Court records indicate former Knox County Trustee Mike Lowe and one of his so-called ghost employees, a worker he allegedly paid to do little if any work, participated in a property title search scheme in which the employee's company bilked taxpayers for possibly as much as $392,500.

About three years ago, Matt King tried to qualify for what is now the News Sentinel Open and also played in an eGolf Tour event.

The law, officials say, is already enforced but they are now set to put it in writing: Knox County will not discriminate against gays, bisexuals, transgendered individuals.