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

Rhea County officials, along with the sheriff's department, have a problem on their hands with an overcrowded jail and growing concern for safety of jail staff and inmates. The jail has 87 beds for ...

Rhea County is one of 21 counties in the state of Tennessee that have a Tier One classification. The criteria for that is far more stringent than just being a certified jail.

RHEA COUNTY — A recently-released investigative report from the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office alleged several instances of malfeasance at the Rhea County Sheriff’s Department, including three sheriff ...

(The Center Square) – Rhea County's sheriff directed employees from his department to work in private businesses owned by the sheriff and his son, the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office said in a report ...

RHEA COUNTY, Tenn. — In August 2022, the Pikeville Police Department responded to an overdose death call for service at a home on White Flats Road. That's where they found 27-year-old Hailey Green.

According to Sheriff Mike Neal, investigators with the Rhea County Sheriff's and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have made an arrest in the shooting death of Jo’zie Shane Brown.

DAYTON — After a recent accreditation assessment by the Tennessee Corrections Institute, the Rhea County Jail was given a “Tier 1” accreditation level by the state, the highest level correctional ...

RHEA COUNTY, Tenn. — Five men were arrested in Rhea County for seeking illicit sex from minors after an investigation involving multiple agencies.

Rhea County Sheriff Mike Neal recently announced that the conversion of the old Rhea County Jail in downtown Dayton to a juvenile detention facility is complete and operational.

The Tennessee Department of Health confirmed an additional 175 cases in Rhea County on Thursday. There were just 13 total cases in Rhea County as of Wednesday.