Knoxvillian, former UT professor represented defendant in famous Scopes Monkey Trial
The Rhea County Courthouse in Dayton, shown on Feb. 13, was the scene of the famous Scopes Trial in 1925. The courthouse has a museum dedicated to the trial in its basement and also has statues of ...
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Photos: Empire Pool wins the 2025 Dayton Battle of the Bands
The six finalists performed for a packed house at the Brightside in downtown Dayton on Saturday, March 8, 2025.
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A Century After the Scopes Trial, Cowards Still Rule in Tennessee
T his spring the University of Tennessee at Knoxville marks the centennial of the Scopes “monkey trial,” the showdown over the teaching of Darwinian evolution held in Dayton in the summer of 1925.