Kay Dixon, superintendent of Barbourville Independent School, signed a proclamation today officially recognizing Nov. 16-20 as Family Engagement Week. BIS teachers and Knox Promise Neighborhood staff will observe the week with various activities for students and their families.

The Barbourville Police Department and Knox County Special Operations Response Team responded to a potentially suicidal individual that had fled into the woods with a firearm Tuesday afternoon. The man was found safe and taken for medical attention. The man was later arrested and charged wit…

Knox County Clerk Mike Corey discusses early voting and voting center locations in the final days leading up to the Tuesday, November 3 general election.