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.

Cheyenne County authorities are investigating a shooting in which a son is reported to have shot his father. The man, Bruce Brauer, died of his injuries.

Around 200 service members from around the country are providing medical care at no cost in Rhea and Bledose Counties.

Locals in Dayton now mark that history with a festival and reenactment staged in the historic Rhea County Courthouse courtroom where the 1925 trial took place.

A small town in Tennessee courted national publicity a century ago when it recruited a local teacher to challenge a state law banning the teaching of evolution.

John Thomas Scopes ‒ often begins with Scopes himself, a teacher accused of violating the Butler Act by explaining evolution at Rhea County High School.

For over 30 years, people in Rhea County have put on a play every July using the trial transcript, aiming to correct the record. In their own words, the actors and director of “Destiny in Dayton ...

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

It also characterized Dayton as an uneducated town of strident Christian fundamentalists, a narrative locals have spent decades trying to rewrite. For over 30 years, people in Rhea County have put ...