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Rhea County hires new head football coach
Rhea County High School has hired Walker Valley High School defensive coordinator Taylor Harvey as its new football coach, school officials announced Wednesday. Harvey was the 2023 Tennessee Class 5A Defensive Assistant of the Year and was the 2020 and 2023 Region 4-5A Defensive Assistant of the Year. He was part of nine straight playoff appearances and part of two semifinal appearances. Look for more information on the new hire in the Sunday, Feb. 25, edition of The Herald-News.
RCHS cheerleading comp team advances to nationals
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Rhea County High School Competition Cheer Team traveled to Orlando, Fla., to compete in the UCA National High School Cheerleading Championships on Feb. 9 through Feb. 12. Teams came from all over the country to compete for the top spot at the ESPN Wide World of Sports at Walt Disney World. This is the fourth year in a row that the Rhea County White Team Cheerleaders...
Rhea GOP's Reagan Day Dinner set for Saturday
EVENSVILLE — Ted Engel, chairperson of the Rhea County Republican Party, recently announced that Glenn Jacobs, county mayor of Knox County, will be the keynote speaker for the Feb. 24, 2024, Reagan Day Dinner, which will be held in the auditorium of Rhea County High School in Evensville. Jacobs, who has been mentioned as a possible candidate for governor in 2026, has been county mayor of Knox County since his election in 2018. He was re-elected to another four-year term in 2022. ...
TVA honors 2024 Engineer of the Year
KNOXVILLE — The Tennessee Valley Authority announced Monday that Tim Fritch, a Transmission & Power Supply engineer with 19 years of service, has received the agency’s highest engineering honor — the Ike Zeringue Engineer of the Year award. TVA has one of the largest power grids in the nation. Fritch, an electrical engineer, serves as a TVA and industry lead on advancing synchrophasor technology for utilizing time-series data for diagnostics, analytics, and real-time event awareness to better understand and predict grid responses for local and...
TDOT working to repair potholes
NASHVILLE — Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) crews are working around the clock repairing potholes along interstates and state routes caused by last month’s record winter storm which dumped more snow in 24 hours than we normally see in an entire winter. The statewide effort is using all available resources, including contract crews, to repair the damaged areas as quickly as possible. TDOT has patched 50 percent more in January 2024 than in January 2022 and 2023. ...
Make-A-Wish sends Spring City student to Disney World
On Friday, Feb. 16, Spring City Elementary School teachers and students held a celebration after officials with the Make-A-Wish Foundation announced that 7-year SCES student Jacob Schumacher, who was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, received an all-expenses paid vacation to Disney World. SCES teacher Sarah Fitzgerald and other teachers and administrators organized a hallway parade and party to celebrate the announcement.
TVT to perform comedy "Drinking Habits"
SPRING CITY — Tennessee Valley Theatre presents “Drinking Habits,” a play by Tom Smith. Directed by Hoss Whitt and Dan Frank, “Drinking Habits” follows the story of two nuns, played by Suzan Jolley and Carolyn Taylor, who have found a creative way to keep their convent doors from closing and two reporters, played by Lori Thomas and Dakota McClellan, who are determined to crack the story wide open. With accusations, mistaken identities and romance running rampant, this traditional, laugh-out-loud, slapstick comedy is sure to entertain from beginning to end. “Drinking Habits” will run Friday, Feb. 23, through Sunday, March 3, at the Tennessee Valley Theatre, located at 184 W. Jackson Ave, Spring City, TN. Shows run Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. For show times and ticket purchases, visit tennesseevalleytheatre.com. Tickets can be purchased online or at the door.
Starbucks coming to Dayton?
DAYTON — Rhea County is just a few steps closer to seeing a Starbucks open in Dayton after the Rhea County Commission and the Dayton City Council voted today to move forward with the local Food City’s plans to relocate to the corner of Highway 27 and Highway 60, near Abel Drive and Zaxby’s. At a Rhea County Commission meeting on Tuesday, officials from Food City requested a property tax abatement while opening a new location near downtown Dayton. During the presentation to the Rhea...
Rhea Co. head football coach search ongoing
EVENSVILLE — The process for finding a new football coach at Rhea County High School is ongoing. Rhea County Co-Athletic Director Micah Ruehling said interviews have taken place and more may be scheduled, though that has not yet been decided. He said he has received approximately 50 resumes. A committee will go through the resumes and ultimately decide who leads the Eagles’ football program. Ruehling hopes to have a coach...
State faces SNAP backlog, causing payment delays
RHEA COUNTY — Implementation of a new Tennessee Department of Human Services agency software has left many SNAP recipients facing food insecurity. According to FeedingAmerica.org, nearly 1 million Tennessee residents face hunger and of that number almost 200,000 of those facing hunger are children under the age of 18. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Rhea County had a population of nearly 34,000 as of 2022. Of the 34,000 Rhea...
When is the best time to divide hostas?
Dear Master Gardeners, I recently bought a home in Dayton. There is a flower bed that has a large grouping of hostas. Can I divide them and when is the best time to do so? Answer: Congratulations on your new home! And yes, hosta plants can be divided to give you more plantings and spring and fall are best times for division. As the days get warmer you will begin to see the new growth appear and you can divide these up until the first...
RC3 undergoes improvements
Workers install new playground equipment at RC3 on Wednesday. RC3 officials said the new equipment installation is part of a larger effort that will see improvements to the facility, including new basketball goals and glass replacement. RC3 undergoes improvements
Rhea County Animal Shelter launches vehicle donation program
EVENSVILLE — Animal Shelter Alliance of Rhea is happy to announce the launch of its new Vehicle Donation Program in partnership with Charitable Adult Rides and Services (CARS). This groundbreaking initiative aims to make a significant impact on the lives of shelter animals by providing an effortless way for supporters to contribute to the welfare of the animals. Through this exciting partnership with CARS, Animal Shelter Alliance of Rhea is now able to accept vehicle donations of all types, including cars, boats, planes, motorcycles, RVs,...
Hospital healthcare foundation raises $30K in 2023
The Rhea Medical Healthcare Foundation hosted three fundraisers in 2023: Spring Family Fun Day, The Paul Riggs Memorial Golf Tournament and the Rhea-diant Gala. “We are thrilled to announce that we were able to reach our goal of $30,000, to help purchase an electroencephalogram (EEG) machine to support Rhea Medical’s up-coming tele-neurology program,” foundation officials said. “This machine will be utilized to assist the neurologists in the diagnosis and management of various neurological disorders including strokes, seizures, traumatic injury, drug intoxication, and anoxic brain injury. We would like to thank all of our sponsors in 2023, as well as every volunteer that helped make this purchase possible.” Front row/left to right: Hoss Whitt, CEO; Bimbo McCawley, Foundation Board President, and Amanda Sneed, Foundation Director. Middle row/left to right: Jeromy Hixson, Randy Wells, LaDonna Dillard, Mary Beth Norris, Alexa Gates and Ashley Fine. Back row/left to right: Jeff Douglass, Steve Brown, Jamie Caraway, Peri Meadows, Melanie Garrison, Debra Dople and Norma Reese.
Free pet vaccines offered on Saturday in Dayton
DAYTON — Friends of Alley Cats will provide free vaccinations for Rhea County pets. The free vaccines are made possible through Petco Love’s national vaccination initiative Vaccinated and Loved, which is providing one million more free pet vaccines to existing animal welfare partners, including Friends of Alley Cats, for family pets in need. Parvovirus and distemper in dogs and panleukopenia in cats — the most prevalent deadly diseases affecting pets — are preventable with a simple vaccine. An estimated 30 percent of pet parents do...
Students, parents, teachers invited to Scopes Trial play in March
DAYTON — Parents’ rights, free speech, students’ rights — hot-button issues today — are nothing new, and the Scopes Trial Players want to show why. On March 19, 20 and 21, students, parents, and teachers are invited to a special showing of “How It Started,” a dramatization of the 1925 Scopes Trial, which captured all these issues and more. In that famous trial, teacher John Scopes was tried for violating...
RC3 to install new side goals in gymnasium
The Rhea County Community Center, or RC3, recently began the first phase of a four-phase project that will see the installation of new side court basketball goals in the community center’s gymnasium. RC3 officials said the new goals will be able to be raised during both recreational league basketball and volleyball games, providing more space during those games. Pictured above, workers with the City of Dayton remove one of the goals on Monday.
Rhea Co. woman facing two counts of child rape
DAYTON — A Rhea County woman is behind bars after the Rhea County Grand Jury indicted her on two counts of rape of a child and one count of aggravated sexual battery, according to investigators with the Rhea County Sheriff’s Department. Lynzie Jean Bartley, 28, was indicted on Monday, Feb. 5, according to Rhea County Sheriff’s Department Investigator Rocky Potter. Potter said that the investigation into the allegations began in...
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