The Rhea County Courthouse in Dayton, shown on Feb. 13, was the scene of the famous Scopes Trial in 1925. The courthouse has a museum dedicated to the trial in its basement and also has statues of ...

The last brief witness Frank E. Robinson was a local druggist who expressed his opinion that using the above biology book ...

Colin P. McKinney (1873-1944) was born in Ripley, Tennessee, attended public schools and originally intended to be a court ...

Authorities say the Level 3 sex offender was driving an unregistered vehicle when he approached two underage girls in a Walmart parking lot.

Born in Rhea County in 1876 as the son of Confederate ... The July 1925 trial, which was held in a still-standing courthouse designed by Walter Chamberlin of Knoxville, had resulted in Scopes ...

FARMINGTON — Blanche Rhea, mayor of Farmington, is accusing a town councilor of creating a hostile work environment after he ...

If one looks at a standard American history textbook published in the last few decades, chances are its references to Tennessee will include the three presidents from here, the Civil War battles ...

Rhea Rae Beagle, 33, of Naytahwaush, and Neka Joy Sargent, 32, of Moorhead, have both been charged with felony fifth-degree possession. Sargent was also charged with a gross misdemeanor.

On Feb. 28, the Louisa County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO ... The victim was later identified as 51-year-old Rhea Harlow of Louisa ...

Raymond Jenkins of Louisa County has been charged with second-degree murder after sheriff's deputies found what they believe to be his deceased girlfriend.