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

Rhea County Plans New Park At Abel Site; Fees Added At County Camping Sites With Break For Rhea Residents Wednesday, April 12, 2023 Leon Locke, Rhea County parks and recreation director ...

Jim Vincent Takes Over As County Executive In Rhea County With Departure Of Thacker; Plans To Run In August Friday, April 22, 2022 ...

Some pet owners in Rhea County are concerned after they say their dogs died not long after being treated by a veterinarian.Official documentation shows the vet ...

A Rhea County Grand Jury has indicted two men in separate cases involving the sexual abuse of children, authorities said.In June 2024, investigators from the De ...

DAYTON, Tenn. -- Rhea County commissioners this week approved contracts with an architect and a construction management firm to evaluate options and recommend construction of a jail or justice center.

Rhea County Executive George Thacker agreed this week to plead guilty to a charge of felony wire fraud related to the unlawful receipt of more than $500,000 in federal coronavirus aid.

Rhea County animal control officers rescued more than 100 Yorkies, Chihuahuas, and other designer breed small dogs that were left in a state of unintentional neglect, according to the Rhea County ...

UPDATE MONDAY, MAY 25: Rhea County now has 195 COVID-19 cases, up seven from last week. Monday morning's figures come from the Tennessee Department of Health, posted on Sunday afternoon. Rhea ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Knoxville Fire Department and several other agencies responded to a trench collapse in Rhea County. The search for a worker trapped came to an end when the worker ...

The Rhea fire spreading across Dewey County exploded from 82,000 acres Friday morning to more than 241,000 acres by Saturday morning. There is still no end in sight.

Caroline Rhea, best known for her roles as Hilda Spellman in “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” and Linda Flynn-Fletcher in “Phineas and Ferb”, is set to perform at the Grand Comed… ...