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

Every Tennessee county recorded an unemployment rate of 5 percent or less in May, the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) announced.

The Tennessee Housing Development Agency (THDA) awarded $599,200 to Volunteer Behavioral Health Care System (VBH) from the ...

The Rhea County Courthouse has become and remained an important historical site since the notorious Scopes trial. Still, to this say the site sparks conversation. Tired of I-40?

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

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.

A tenured teacher at an elementary school in Rhea County who was fired has now filed a lawsuit, claiming discrimination ...

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 ...