Rhea County News

What should Tennessee do about Highway 64?: Build a four lane bypass away from the river, over the mountains, and leave the current road alone.

An official for La-Z-Boy's Rhea County, Tenn., plant said Monday that no large employee layoffs are imminent for the furniture maker.

An inside joke is unfolding north of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant in Rhea County, Tenn., but it could have a serious punch line.

Submitted by WDEF on November 17, 2009 - 7:22pm. News Crime Rhea County News Comments Below: 0 A A A A A crime suppression unit charges a teacher's assistant with drug possession for resale this weekend.

I recently read where the Dayton City council approved a memorandum at another “special called meeting” requesting approval for a new traffic light at the intersection of Market Street and Illinois Avenue. The state is going to be placing a red light at the intersection of Market Street and Iowa Avenue due in part that there is a railroad crossing there and studies by the state indicate that the light is needed there for public safety. However, Councilman Bobby Doss for some reason is dead set on ANOTHER red light at Illinois Ave. and my question is “why”? Could it be that he may have been raised on Illinois Ave. and wants to make family members happy or is he truly thinking of what’s best for the city? Vice Mayor Bobby Doss has pushed for a new light for the last three years to be placed at Illinois and Market ever since he was elected. Then again remains the question, WHY?

An argument between friends has left one man in the Rhea County Jail and another dead.

A Rhea County man has been charged with murder after Stanley Simpson was found stabbed to death.

Three Sevier County schools will be retrofitted with new heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment, thanks to a state grant that supports energy efficient projects.

A Rhea County teacher's assistant has been arrested in Chattanooga on drug charges.

A pedestrian was struck and killed on U.S. Highway 27 in Rhea County early Tuesday morning.

Talks continue over the TVA coal ash spill that happened last December. Tuesday evening Rhea County commissioners are holding a workshop at the Phil Swafford Building.

What's the scariest Halloween costume this year?: President Obama chasing a Fox.

Submitted by Amy Katcher on October 24, 2009 - 5:51pm. News Bledsoe County News Bradley County News Hamilton County News Marion County News McMinn County News Meigs County News Polk County News Rhea County News Sequatchie County News Comments Below: 0 High pressure will build into the area from the west tonight.A Skies will clear and winds will ...

Rhea County investigators say a 4-year-old child was inside a sport-utility vehicle that was struck by a shotgun blast during a dispute in East Tennessee over a drug deal.

Submitted by Bill Mitchell on October 20, 2009 - 5:33pm. Consumer News Government & Politics Rhea County News The Tennessee Valley has experienced an unusually wet fall, with much of that moisture coming in a short period flooding a wide area.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued consent orders and fines to Rhea County and a contractor for exceeding a grading permit issued to help stop flooding on Roaring Creek.

A mullet wig and a hat weren't enough to disguise a Decatur man described as "one of East Tennessee's most wanted" after he was taken into custody on Congress Parkway following a dramatic foot chase.

A founder of a Christian camp has been indicted on sexual battery charges. Investigators in Rhea County say Mike Crain is accused of inappropriately touching two people who worked at the Fort Bluff Camp.

Three people are charged with Manufacturing Methamphetamine following a six-month narcotics investigation involving Hamilton and Rhea County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Divisions.

The end result of a six-month narcotics investigation involving the Hamilton and Rhea County Sheriffa s Office narcotics divisions was the arrest of three people charged with manufacturing methamphetamine.