The county is sitting on $761.23 million in outstanding debt. Candidates for the county's top position have different approaches to the problem.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Knox County Property Assessor Phil Ballard and former county Trustee’s Office employee Jason Dobbins appeared before Judge D. Kelly Thomas on Wednesday, facing separate official ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Knox County Property Assessor Phil Ballard is seeking to have his misconduct case dismissed, court documents obtained by 6 News show. Following an investigation by the ...

Tennessee's watchdog agency is investigating whether trespassing and theft occurred in the Knox County Property Assessor’s ...

A South Bend man says it took him months to get the county land records updated in his name. The WNDU I-Team sat down with ...

The interim superintendent of the troubled Knox County juvenile detention center abruptly quit over the weekend, Knox News has confirmed. Brian Bivens submitted his resignation Nov. 9, Knox County ...

Children are not safe in custody at the troubled Knox County juvenile detention center, the former interim superintendent of the facility told Knox News on Nov. 11, two days after he abruptly quit ...

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, Tenn. (WSMV) - The mayor of Rutherford County is under investigation for allegedly abusing his power to launch a smear campaign against another public official, as well and ...

Under the current law, Indiana school districts are expected to lose more than $700 million in property tax revenue over three years. County and city budgets will also suffer, forcing local officials ...

Indiana is generally considered a firearm friendly state and often postures its laws around the country's Second Amendment. Among the more recent moves, in 2022, the state passed its version of a ...