Soliz and the Knox County Sheriff's Office settled the suit on March 11. Knox County will pay Soliz $71,500 as "equitable ...

Layla Soliz sued Knox County and the sheriff after a mugshot showing her without her religious headscarf was shared publicly.

Knox County will pay Layla Soliz a settlement of $71,500 after publishing a booking photo of her without her hijab, according ...

Knox County agrees to pay Layla Soliz $71,500 for publishing her hijab-less mugshot, despite policies to prevent this.

An intake officer reassured her the booking photo without her hijab would not be shared publicly, according to the complaint.

Two other candidates have declared their intention to run in 2026 as Republicans, both with sheriff's office experience: former Chief Brent Gibson and Chief Deputy Bernie Lyons. There is no declared ...

The woman was stopped by an officer in March 2023 for allegedly stealing packages off of porches. The incident escalated to a ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Deputies responded to a deadly shooting early Sunday morning, according to officials with the Knox ...

The Knox County Sheriff’s Office seized a sizeable amount of drugs on St. Patrick’s Day, including enough fentanyl to kill hundreds of thousands of people.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Officials with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office gave an update on the 313 Initiative Thursday. The ...

that turned the sheriff’s office into an immigration detention hub for East Tennessee. The Knox County jail, in other words, accepts people detained from across the region, not only Knox County.

The Knox County Sheriffs’ Office is one of two sheriff’s offices in East Tennessee that works with ICE to help detain criminal immigrants through the “Jail Enforcement Model” of the ...