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Gov. Phil Bredesen and Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner James Neeley have awarded $100,000 to La-Z-Boy in Dayton, Tenn.

CONSULTATION: Darrow and William Jennings Bryan, left, during the trial of teacher John Scopes, centre, in what was known as the 'Monkey Trial' MURDER RAP: Clarence Darrow, middle left, Leopold and Loeb TO THE POINT: Darrow's summation stands as the most eloquent attack on the death penalty ever delivered in a US court In-depth study of US lawyer a ...

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Buried in several coats of clear, the true candy-apple-red stripes are brilliant in the sun.

A Parkridge Valley Hospital employee was arrested Thursday and charged with rape after she allegedly began a sexual relationship with a minor in the adolescent unit.

On May 25, 1925, the "Scopes Monkey Trial" began when John Scopes was indicted under a state law barring the teaching of Darwin's theory of evolution.

"The Last Trials of Clarence Darrow" , by Donald McRae: Each of Clarence Darrow's last three major cases was described as "the trial of the century," and with some justification.

Jason Reynolds has been named manager of the Chattanooga office of Best Realty GMAC.

A week before her high school graduation in May 2000, Rachael Gardner was floating beside a friend's pontoon boat on a lake in Dayton, Tenn., listening to music blasting.

Burke County Public Schools Superintendent David Burleson will not be moving to Dayton, Tenn.

A 13-year-old Ohio runaway accused of making threats against teachers and classmates in his journal had two rifles and 400 rounds of ammunition when he was taken into custody with a stolen pickup truck in Tennessee, authorities said Thursday.

Submitted by WDEF News 12 and AP on May 13, 2009 - 10:05pm. News Crime Rhea County News An OhioA teenager accused of threatening teachers and students has been arrested in Dayton Tennessee.

Submitted by WDEF on May 14, 2009 - 6:52pm. Rhea County News A A A A An Ohio teenager remains in a local jail.

With a rodeo, pageants, cooking contests, carnival, art show, music and a parade scheduled, ita s safe to say that Daytona s Tennessee Strawberry Festival week is jam-packed. The 2009 salute to the fruit recalls the half-century in which strawberry production was one of Rhea Countya s principal industries.

It's one of the few areas left in the Tennessee Valley where it's still illegal to buy a glass of liquor.

A new look at the Scopes evolution trial - the story of how the trial came to happen in 1925 - will take the stage in Rhea County in July, bringing new life to what has become a summer tradition.

Cecil McCollum and his wife, Sylvia, loved to watch the television sitcoms Lou Grant and The Mary Tyler-Moore Show with Cecil's former U.S. Army buddy, Ed Asner, in starring roles.

Richard Dawkins has a classic essay on Kurt Wisea s beliefs titled Sadly, an Honest Creationist .

For more information, visit www.highplaceschurch.ccbchurch.com. * Beaver Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church plans a seminar from 3 to 4 p.m., Sunday, April 26.

Inherit the Wind, a fictionalized account of the famed 1925 Scopes 'Monkey' trial in East Tennessee, opened recently at Encore Theatre Company for a three-weekend run.