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 ...

Columbia County has been named in a lawsuit alleging that a woman’s phone was improperly handled at the Columbia County ...

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.

He said the Rhea County Sheriff’s Department also operates ... These earnings are also used to pay court fines, child support, and other financial obligations, reducing the likelihood of recidivism.

RHEA COUNTY — The Rhea County Commission opted on Tuesday, Feb. 18, to not move forward with a proposed convention center and supplemental pay for the Rhea County Sheriff after the proposals died to a ...

RHEA COUNTY — The Rhea County Commission opted on Tuesday to not move forward with a proposed convention center and supplemental pay for the Rhea County Sheriff after the proposals died to a ...

RHEA COUNTY, Tenn. — Speed bumps have now been installed on the Rhea County side of the Blythe Ferry Boat Ramp, but no similar changes have been made on the Meigs County side. Concerns about the ...

Trump controversially exercised this authority in 2017 to pardon former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was held in criminal contempt after he violated a court’s order to stop detaining ...

OLD WASHINGTON — County fire fighters are responding to a fire near Old Washington this evening, according to reports, in the area of local chicken farms. This is a developing story, see future ...

RHEA COUNTY — At a workshop session Tuesday night, the Rhea County Commission agreed to revisit plans to construct a convention center in Rhea County and provide the county sheriff with supplemental ...