Something special is happening in Rhea County in July to mark the 100th anniversary of a very important event there, a trial ...

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

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

John Scopes, a high school teacher, went on trial in the Rhea County Courthouse - accused of violating a Tennessee law that ...

A man accused of fatally shooting his neighbor at a ranch in Kaufman County has requested his murder trial be held elsewhere.

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

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

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

The Rhea County Commission approved on Tuesday two contracts with Troutman Property Solutions LLC to renovate the bathrooms ...

Authorities have arrested a person linked to a fatal shooting that happened earlier this month near a park in Oceanside.

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

BOONE COUNTY COURTHOUSE — A Mid-Missouri organization supporting our nation’s military honored black veterans on Juneteenth. The United States Exercise Tiger Foundation hosted their Second Annual ...