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

Nearly 300 election officials from across Tennessee gathered in Nashville on Monday, June 23, for the annual Election Law ...

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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Data is from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hospitalization data is a daily average of Covid-19 patients in hospital service areas that intersect with Rhea County, an area which ...