The Rhea County Courthouse has become and remained an important historical site since the notorious Scopes trial. Still, to ...

For decades, Dayton locals tried to forget about the town’s connection to the controversial 1925 trial. Now, they embrace it ...

Rising college freshman Landon Stewart plans to be a mechanical engineer in the community where he grew up. Nokian Tyres is helping him on his journey from Rhea ...

The Rhea County grand jury issued indictments during its October session, charging two men in separate cases with multiple counts of sexual abuse of children. Ben Benton is a news reporter at the ...

Staff photo / Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, right, appears with Rhea County Executive George Thacker in January 2019 to announce the arrival of a manufacturing business in Dayton, Tenn.

The Rhea County Sheriff's Department Facebook post says this is not the first time Sheriff Mike Neal has worked to remove illegal gambling from Rhea County before, back in 2002-2003. The post says ...

Middle Tennessee woman convicted of TennCare Fraud. RHEA COUNTY, Tenn. — A woman from Rhea County has been found guilty of theft of services after being charged with the crime on October 5 for ...

RHEA COUNTY, Tenn. — The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency said officers captured a pet alligator in Rhea County. It's believed the 4-foot-long alligator was raised in the Whites Creek area ...

Local News 81-year-old man ... RHEA COUNTY, Tenn. — Tennessee wildlife officers said they found a man dead in the water Thursday afternoon after responding to a call on Watts Bar Lake.