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Updated Sat Oct 31, 2026 · AM
United Way of Rhea County is organizing its annual Community Thanksgiving meal and is asking for volunteers and donations; more than 1,100 meals were served last year.
Read at Herald-News →Fourth-graders from Dayton City School and Rhea County Schools rotated through nutrition, fitness and safety stations at the 4th annual Healthy Horizons camp.
Read at Herald-News →Rhea County’s September unemployment rate fell to 3.9 percent, down from 4.5 percent in August, state labor data show.
Read at Herald-News →The Sheriff’s Office warned residents about two phone scams — a fake car prize and callers posing as deputies who ask families for jail-bond money.
Read at NewsChannel 9 →State officials held a community meeting in Evensville on a proposed Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus site in Rhea County; residents raised questions about waste storage, Watts Bar Lake and safety.
Read at NewsChannel 9 →Audrey Pack Memorial Library in Spring City started a monthly science program for homeschool students; the fall group is full, and a winter session starts in January.
Read at Herald-News →Headlines from local outlets · hand-checked Oct 28, 2026. Outlet or takedown requests: [email protected].