FUGITIVE FACING CHARGES INCLUDING VEHICULAR HOMICIDE CAPTURED
The Rhea County Sheriff’s Office search for a wanted fugitive came to an end Saturday with the arrest of 59-year-old Bradley Allan... Read More
NEW JUSTICE CENTER OPENS IN RHEA COUNTY
Rhea County now has a new justice center located in Dayton on Highway 27. Inmates were moved in over the weekend from... Read More
PRELIMINARY INFORMATION OF RHEA CO. SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENT ON HWY 68 RELEASED
The Tennessee Highway Patrol sent out preliminary information around noon today of a school bus crash late yesterday in Rhea County on... Read More
SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENT REPORTED IN RHEA COUNTY WITH MINOR INJURIES
BREAKING NEWS – Rhea County Sheriff Mike Neal says deputies are currently working an accident on Highway 68 in Spring City involving... Read More
SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT INCREASES IMPAIRED-DRIVING ENFORCEMENT
Rhea County Sheriff’s Department is partnering with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) to increase impaired-driving enforcement from February 5, 2021 through... Read More
ACCIDENT REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 68 WEST OF GRANDVIEW
(as of 8:55 a.m. central, Thursday, February 4, 2020) – There is a vehicle accident reported on Highway State 68 in Rhea... Read More
SPRING CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL BULLDOGS BASKETBALL TEAMS WIN CHAMPIONSHIP
The Spring City Middle School Bulldogs boys and girls basketball teams won the Smoky Mountain Athletic Conference Championship yesterday. The Lady Bulldogs... Read More
POWER OUTAGE REPORTED IN SPRING CITY AREA INVOLVING OVER 600 CUSTOMERS
Volunteer Energy Cooperative (VEC) says a power outage (as of 8:30 a.m. eastern) in Rhea County involves 630 members. A large tree... Read More
(DEVELOPING STORY) – BODY FOUND IN REMAINS OF HOUSE FIRE
(DEVELOPING STORY) – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has been called to Rhea County to investigate a fatal house blaze early last... Read More
RHEA COUNTY AUTHORITIES SEARCHING FOR VEHICULAR HOMICIDE SUSPECT
The Rhea County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information to the location or whereabouts of 59-year-old Bradley Allan Gabehart. He currently has active... Read More
