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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.
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 ...
Operation Healthy Tennessee is providing medical services at Rhea Middle School and Bledsoe County High School at no cost to those who receive them. These include the following: ...
A disabled former first grade teacher in Rhea County has accused administrators at Spring City Elementary School of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act with "harassment, bullying and ...
DAYTON, Tenn. — The luxuries of air conditioning and automated window blinds are modern features added to the Rhea County Courthouse during renovations in the past year to gear up for the 100th ...
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 ...
The legal case involved Rhea County high school teacher John Scopes who was on criminal trial for violating a Tennessee law that prohibited teaching evolution in public schools.