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 ...

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

Circuit court minutes from the Scopes Trial on display at the Rhea Heritage & Scopes Trial Museum inside the Rhea County Courthouse in Dayton, Tenn., on June 11, 2025.

In 1925, a small-town trial became a national spectacle, pitting faith against science. Here's what to know about the lasting ...

Wilson and Cross, a new bluegrass group hailing from East Tennessee, will take the stage June 27 for the final night of the ...

Well-known Chattanooga attorney Jerry H. Summers on Friday told members of the Civitan Club about the long-remembered Scopes ...

Pop culture about the ‘trial of the century’ reflected broader cultural rifts. (The Conversation) — Ask Americans about the ...

Complete with celebrity lawyers, a media frenzy, and a live chimp, the Scopes Monkey Trial catalyzed a national debate still ...

In 1889 the Rhea County Court moved the county seat to Dayton (previously Smith’s Crossroads) from Washington in Rhea County, ...