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Knox County is asking a chancellor to put on hold his decision voiding the county charter, saying in part that a commissioner's appeal a day earlier has no standing. The county is asking that Knox County Chancellor John Weaver place a 180-day hold, or stay, on his 59-page opinion issued on June 9. If that stay of the decision is not issued, the county's request says, "significant and substantial problems will arise." Those include governing of the county employees' pension plan, personnel policies and procedures, purchasing procedures, the Sheriff's Department Merit System Council, and fire and emergency services at the...

The Knox County Election Commission certified the results of last week’s primary elections today. Chairwoman Pam Reeves emphasized that the move only confirms the votes cast, but it is not a decision on whether the nine term-limited county commissioners who won their parties’ nominations are qualified to run in the Aug. 3 general election. "At this point we are just doing what we are instructed to do by state law," Reeves said. A lawsuit filed on behalf of five of the commissioners argues that the county charter, and its term limits provision, is invalid. Though no hearing has been scheduled...