Rhea County News Archives

Former Roane County C onstable Mark Patton has filed a lawsuit and is seeking $100,000 from the county and a return to his old "NON-SALARIED" job, according to a lawsuit his attorney Chris Cawood filed in Roane ...

A former Monroe County jailer pleaded guilty Wednesday to statutory rape charges.

As if we had not heard enough recently about Taser-happy cops, this evening brought me three new stories.

The significantly higher price of gold and increased compensation for minimum wage workers will make Christmas more expensive this year, according to the PNC Christmas Price Index.

" Graduation rate at RCHS exceptional ". This was one of the multi-story front pagers printed in the county advertising circular disguised as a newspaper printed for it’s “13,700” claimed circulation, which makes me want to stop typing and write another story of fraud, racketeering, the ABC and jail. But I guess for the moment, that will have to wait.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data show that the state ranks eighth for syphilis infections, ninth for chlamydia and 10th for gonorrhea.

Authorities are speeding up their investigation of a state trooper who zapped a motorist with a Taser now that video of the traffic stop has been posted on YouTube...See video here

Law enforcement is a profession of trends and traditions. I suppose you think I am about to start a slam session on these "traditions" but nope, I'm actually glad to see the more identifiable black and white. I don't agree with the reason for the black and white color change at such a major taxpayer expense painting city police cars black and white just so the car doesn't look "like a sheriff department car". That sounds almost stupid.

Sherry Peel Jackson, a former IRS revenue agent and certified public accountant, told a federal jury Tuesday she was sure she did not have to file income tax returns. But after less than 30 minutes of deliberations, the jury convicted Jackson of failing to file income tax returns for four years, despite the alleged fact that no such law mandating the payment of income tax even exists.

I can remember the days where my name or face would appear somewhere in some sort of news media be it the Herald-News, Chattanooga Times-Free Press, Knoxville News Sentinel or radio stations or all of the local ...

“Competition is always good for the customers”

The Dayton Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors stopped short of a formal endorsement of video franchising reform legislation Monday but generally expressed approval for AT&T's bid for a statewide franchise ... via The Herald-News

Rhea County Newspaper.com sadly reports the death of Dayton Vice Mayor Jim Barnes with our deepest sympathy to h is family and friends He died last evening on Tuesday, November 13, 2007.

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has assigned two new wildlife officers to Hamilton County. via WTVC Chattanooga