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 ...

WISCASSET (WGME) -- Knox County Commissioners have accepted a plan to close most of the county jail and send their inmates to Lincoln County 35 miles away. Commissioners plan to enter an agreement ...

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 ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A death at the Roger D. Wilson Detention Facility in Knox County is under investigation, a spokesperson for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said. At the request of Knox ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - An investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has resulted in a Knox County inmate being charged with second-degree murder. On Dec. 22, TBI said agents began ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — UPDATE WEDNESDAY: A Knox County chancellor said Wednesday he'll review - behind closed doors - information sought by a death row inmate about the state's lethal injection drug. By ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — UPDATE (12/10): On Wednesday, Knox County Chancellor John F. Weaver ordered the release of the expiration dates for the lethal injection drugs used in the executions of Oscar Smith ...