Dayton, Tennessee, business leaders in 1925 recognized that a hot-button trial could put their small town on the map. They recruited teacher John Thomas Scopes to challenge the state's Butler Act ...

Dayton, Tennessee is a town of about 7,000 people in Southeast Tennessee. The town was the site of the famous Scopes Monkey Trial in 1925, pitting religion vs. science in public schools.

The misdemeanor trial took place in July 1925. It put Dayton, Tenn., on the map -- a spot townspeople didn't always relish.

Dayton has passed new zoning rules that prohibit indoor self-storage businesses from opening downtown and in commercial and mixed-use districts.

Dayton City School announces that Superintendent Trish Newsom has been selected by her peers as the Tennessee Organization of School Superintendents (TOSS) Southeast Region Superintendent of the Year.

A look back at the Dayton Peace Accords, nearly 30 years after they ended the Bosnian War. This special presentation marks the 30-year anniversary of the Dayton Peace Accords as the city of peace ...