Mr. Bryan’s closest friend in Chattanooga was said to be George Washington Chamlee Sr., who had been the local district ...

The issues contested in the second-story courtroom of the Rhea County courthouse may seem long settled, but they still divide ...

Teacher John Scopes was convicted and fined $100 for violating a Tennessee law that banned the teaching of evolution because ...

Nobody was surprised when a Tennessee jury found coach and substitute teacher John T. Scopes guilty of teaching evolution to ...

The law books record it as State of Tennessee v. John T. Scopes. History remembers it as the “ Monkey Trial .” The case ...

COMMENTARY: Is life in this world a random product of meaningless non-causes? Or is it guided by divine Providence?

For decades, Dayton locals tried to forget about the town’s connection to the controversial 1925 trial. Now, they embrace it every year.

Both then and today, the widely publicized trial has been portrayed as a microcosm of an asserted battle between "science" ...

The Rhea County Courthouse has become and remained an important historical site since the notorious Scopes trial. Still, to ...

A Tennessee town courted national publicity and attention a century ago when local leaders planned a test trial over the ...

John Thomas Scopes trial on July 10, 1925, the Rhea County Courthouse has remained a popular destination for Tennesseans and visitors from around the world. "There are people from South Africa ...