The former Maryville Apostolic Christian Academy middle school teacher accused of sexual abuse by an authority figure has agreed to plead guilty, Knox News has learned....
Police officer Dan Roark has been fired by the Knoxville Police Department following his arrest last week on federal charges for the production of child pornography....
Top leaders at Maryville’s Apostolic Christian Academy, the school housed within First Apostolic Church of Maryville, knew of at least two separate times former teacher Joseph “Kade” Abbott sent inappropriate messages to a 14-year-old girl who attended the school, but he was allowed to maintain contact with students, Knox...
MARYVILLE, Tenn. – When Susan was in the youth group at First Apostolic Church in Maryville, there was a tradition of teens and young adults mixing for dinner on Sunday nights after the latest hourslong service....
"A separatist calling himself a 'sovereign Hebrew Israelite citizen' bit off the end of a Knoxville Police Department officer's thumb during a fight on Wednesday afternoon,"...