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The Rhea County Courthouse has become and remained an important historical site since the notorious Scopes trial. Still, to ...
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.
For decades, Dayton locals tried to forget about the town’s connection to the controversial 1925 trial. Now, they embrace it ...
In 1889 the Rhea County Court moved the county seat to Dayton (previously Smith’s Crossroads) from Washington in Rhea County, ...
The Rhea County Commission approved on Tuesday two contracts with Troutman Property Solutions LLC to renovate the bathrooms ...
The Rhea County Commission moved to start the grant process for $250,000 for a major renovation of the 134-year-old facility. The county will have to match the grant with $111,785, which will come ...
Courthouse security a concern for Rhea County jail expansion. January 5, 2011 at 1:00 a.m. | Updated January 5, 2011 at 1:00 a.m.
Facing a capacity crowd in the main courtroom of the historic Rhea County Courthouse, six of the seven candidates for county executive squared off against each other in an hour and a half question ...
In 1925, a small-town trial became a national spectacle, pitting faith against science. Here's what to know about the lasting ...
John Scopes, a high school teacher, went on trial in the Rhea County Courthouse - accused of violating a Tennessee law that ...