Here’s a look at the top local news stories from Clarksville Now this week.
On this week’s episode, Austin Peay men’s basketball coach, Corey Gipson, and APSU Deputy Director of Athletics, Jordan Harmon, sit down with Charlie Koon to go over the process and details of NIL for college basketball players and how it effects their recruiting process.
The City of Clarksville held their annual Independence Day celebration at Liberty Park on Wednesday, July 3, along with some help from the Montgomery County, who served as the co-sponsor. The event included live music, food, festivities and it closed with a fireworks show.
The Clarksville Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating 55-year-old Tammara Davis.
In the late evening of Monday, July 1, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Deputies assisted another law enforcement entity attempting to initiate a traffic stop on a vehicle as part of an ongoing investigation. However, the vehicle ended up fleeing, and striking several other vehicles in the pursuit.
The Montgomery County Commission will be presented with the proposed 2024-25 budget on Monday, July 8, which includes a proposal to increase the property tax from the certified rate to $2.18 per $100 of assessed value.
The Clarksville Police Department worked a vehicle vs. motorcycle crash that occurred in the early morning hours of Tuesday, July 2. Following the crash, the motorcyclist was life-flighted by helicopter to Nashville.
Interstate 24 eastbound is backed up after a multi-vehicle crash near Exit 19 in Adams.