We are learning more about the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center in Knox County. It has been almost one week since Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs made a public statement regarding the ...

The Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center has been under scrutiny following reports that two employees were fired after reporting issues at the center. In this week’s Ask Isaacs, 6 ...

Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs will work with the Knox County Commission to decide who takes control of the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center.

A 2023 investigation by WPLN News and ProPublica found that Richard L. Bean was illegally locking kids up alone in cells. A ...

Investigators with the state's watchdog agency conducted interviews at the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center on April ...

How whistleblowers initiated changes that a damning 2003 report did not. It ended in Richard Bean's retirement.

Richard L. Bean resigns as head of a juvenile center in Knox County amidst controversy and serious allegations.

An EF0 tornado moved through Loudon County Friday morning, damaging multiple structures and injuring five people. Most of the ...

Bean said he was "dismayed and disappointed by the rush to judgment" by county leaders as a result of a "personnel decision" ...

The superintendent of Knox County’s juvenile detention center, Richard L. Bean, announced his retirement Friday following ...

Richard Bean, chief of Knox County's juvenile detention center, announced his resignation May 30 under pressure for how he ...

Richard L. Bean, the superintendent of Knox County’s juvenile detention center, has announced he will be retiring this summer ...