Looking for a scenic summer escape filled with history, charm, and outdoor adventure? Look no further than Rhea County, nestled in the heart of East Tennessee! Whether ...

Nights, Rhea County’s annual summer concert series, begins Friday, June 6, and runs every Friday night of the month on the ...

Rex and the Ramblers will kick off Nokian Tyres Summer Nights seventh-annual concert series on June 6. The East Tennessee ...

On the evening of May 27, 2025, the Rhea County Sheriff’s Office assisted the Graysville Police Department in a pursuit of a stolen vehicle that originated within the city limits of Graysville, ...

The Scopes “monkey trial” garnered international attention, and the battle that was fought continues in some form in other ...

meaning that it is the only courthouse Hamblen County has had since its organization. DAYTON, TENNESSEE – JULY 19: Rhea County Courthouse. (Stacy Kranitz for The Washington Post via Getty Images ...

The historic Rhea County Courthouse will be getting a facelift ... staged in order to attract publicity to the small town of Dayton, Tn., where it was held. Rhea County was created on Dec. 7 ...

Tennessee on horseback, arrested the man and brought him back to the Dayton jail. At that time, the jail was also across the street from the Rhea County Courthouse, as it was until the Justice ...

3—Guilty pleas in two child sex abuse cases in Rhea County ... case brought in 2018, court records show. 2020 case Andre Vincent D'Agostino, 23, of Cumberland County, Tennessee, will spend ...

30—A local man used almost $12,000 in funds taken from a Dayton ... a Circuit Court appearance Dec. 10. He was freed Nov. 16 on a $5,000 bond, according to officials at the Rhea County Jail.

In July of 1997, Judge McKenzie was shot while walking from his office to the Rhea County Courthouse. He was born on July 24, 1944, in Dayton, Tn., son of the late Oliver Wendell McKenzie and ...

The Rhea County Courthouse in Dayton, Tennessee, was shut down late last week over coronavirus concerns involving the General Sessions Court judge, then reopened Monday, with the exception of his ...