Scopes Trial-Play FILE - Judge John T. Raulston of Winchester, Tenn., holds the decision in the Tennessee vs. John Scopes case at the Rhea County Courthouse in Dayton, Tenn., on July 17, 1925.

Tired of put-downs, Tennessee town corrects the record with play about the Scopes trial it hosted A small town in Tennessee courted national publicity a century ago when it recruited a local ...

Don was born in Rhea County, Tennessee to the late, George Oren Metzger and Amanda Lois McPherson Metzger, Dec. 20, 1934. He was preceded in death by sisters, Sadye (Metzger) Lear and Winona ...

For over 30 years, people in Rhea County have put on a play every July using the trial transcript, aiming to correct the record.

PARKERSBURG — At Thursday’s meeting of the Wood County Commission, updates to the new Wood County 911 Center were discussed, as well as the future of the old Wood County Sheriff’s Office and ...

PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Board of Education is moving forward with its bond projects this summer that include a new two-lane access road for Martin Elementary that they hope will help ...

Anyone older than three years old with the ability to travel to Bledsoe County High School or Rhea County Middle School can receive medical, dental, and optometry services at no cost from July 11 ...

Emily Nolan-Plutchak will be Wood County's first woman circuit court judge. She will fill the rest of Judge Todd Wolf's term when he retires July 11.

The name of the public high school in Dayton, Rhea County Central High School, is where the alleged teaching of the theory of evolution led to the misdemeanor (no sentence of incarceration ...

A former deputy from Kittson County, Minnesota and his wife have been arrested for multiple charges after an investigation in Tennessee.

County executives in Tennessee have been called mayors only since 2003, and most other states don't use the mayor title for the chief executive of a county. Why do counties in Tennessee have mayors?

As we continue to spotlight outstanding work inside and outside the classroom, our latest 5 star student is a Washington County, Tennessee, rising senior ...