This year marks the one hundredth anniversary of the Scopes Trial in Dayton, and a grand celebration is taking place! Many families have some connection to this event, even though ...

Nellie Kenyon, who was a rare female reporter 100 years ago, wrote about how Dayton, Tennessee, was preparing for the Scopes ...

This is part of a weekly series on our region’s history coordinated by the Trumbull County Historical Society. In ...

Newspapers dubbed it ‘The Trial of the Century.’ As grandiose as that description may sound, it might have been an ...

Oh how times have changed. Or have they? Take a glance at local stories from years past.

DAYTON, Tenn. (AP) — For over 30 years, people in Rhea County have put on a play every July using the trial transcript, aiming to correct the record.

DAYTON, Tenn. (AP) — A small town in eastern Tennessee courted national publicity and attention a century ago when local leaders planned a test trial over the teaching of evolution in public ...

Scopes Trial-Play Stan Lane, portraying Judge John T. Raulston in the play "Destiny in Dayton" acts during a rehearsal, July 8, 2025, in Dayton, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) (Mike Stewart/AP) ...

Entertainment Tired of put-downs, Tennessee town corrects the record with play about the Scopes trial it hosted ...