The Knox County Commission will be considering a ordinance that could place change the the oversight of the Richard L. Bean ...

The program's founder Pastor Jason David uses biblical stories that involve crime to show tools for better social and ...

“To open a juvenile detention center in Mecklenburg County, it’s going to take 96 staff members,” he said. Supporters claimed ...

Advocates have pushed for the detention center to reopen since it was closed in 2022. Despite broad agreement that a local facility would be beneficial, staffing challenges are the main barrier.

Knox County advances a plan to stabilize troubled juvenile detention center by placing it under Juvenile Court Judge Tim Irwin’s authority for better oversight.