In 1925, a teacher deliberately broke a law stating that evolution could not be taught in Tennessee classrooms. His trial ...

Two great grandsons of William Jennings Bryan visited his birthplace museum in Salem on Monday. Both William Forsyth and ...

John Wayne starred in a lot of hit Western films, but one, The Cowboys, couldn't transfer the film's success to television ...

Curlee was charged with multiple counts of felony and misdemeanor secret peeping, according to the Surry County Clerk of ...

That’s not the first time “Jeopardy!” was wrong Garwood, N.J.: Voicer William Sarnataro noted that a contestant’s incorrect response was taken as correct by “Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings. Well-spotted ...

A small town in Tennessee courted national publicity a century ago when it recruited a local teacher to challenge a state law ...

A trusted bond between a photographer and the city of Mount Airy is now shattered. Lauren Jennings said 66-year-old William ...

One hundred years ago, in Dayton, Tennessee, the Scopes “Monkey Trial” was underway, with the battle for children’s public education in the balance. This case has become infamous in American legal ...

The Sooners lost Billy Bowman to the NFL Draft, but Oklahoma has a ready-made leader in Robert Spears-Jennings primed to step ...

As the famous Scopes trial, a landmark case out of Dayton, Tennessee, celebrates its centennial anniversary, themes of the case continue to be felt today.

Chicago's Clarence Darrow battled the forces of religion that would dictate public education. A century later, the fight ...

Tensions between religion and science erupted in a hot and humid courtroom in Dayton, Tenn., 100 years ago this month.