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Chris Smith

Chris Smith is editor-in-chief of Clarksville Now. He has been a trusted professional journalist for over 30 years, with the last 25 years here in Clarksville, TN. You can reach him by email at csmith@clarksvillenow.com or call 931-648-7720.

Military
11 months ago
Lawsuit filed on behalf of Fort Campbell, DoDEA students over book removals, curriculum changes

Families of students in DoDEA schools on military installations, including four students from Fort Campbell, filed a lawsuit Tuesday arguing that DoDEA’s book removals and curricular changes following executive orders from President Donald Trump violate their First Amendment rights.

News
11 months ago
UPDATE: IDB basin near International overflowed in flooding event, IDB to expand 3 stormwater basins

Since the beginning of the year, the Clarksville-Montgomery County Industrial Development Board has seen one of their water basins at the Industrial Park overflow twice due to unprecedented rainfall volume.

News
11 months ago
Strong storm moving across Montgomery County

Clarksville weather: A strong thunderstorm was moving across Montgomery County Monday night.

news
11 months ago
Work week weather: Slight chance of storms Monday, then sunny skies

Clarksville forecast: There’s a chance of storms on Monday, but we have beautiful weather after that, with temperatures rising to 80 by Friday.

News
11 months ago
News in Clarksville: Flooding, ethics complaint, stabbing death, Vulcan and other top stories this week

Here’s a look at the top local news stories from Clarksville Now this week, including flooding in Clarksville, an ethics complaint against Rep Aron Maberry, details in the stabbing death and a new developer for the Vulcan site.

Business
11 months ago
LG Electronics plans 2nd building, almost doubling size with $100 million investment in Clarksville

LG Electronics, the South Korea-based company that creates thousands of washing machines a day in Clarksville, plans to expand its operations with a 560,000-square-foot warehouse.

News
11 months ago
UPDATE: Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued for Montgomery County

We have a sunny weekend ahead, but we have to get past Thursday first. Montgomery and surrounding counties are under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 9 p.m.

News
11 months ago
Highway Department says it was overwhelmed by flood basin failures, blocked drainage, 250,000 gallons per minute

Montgomery County Highway Department officials acknowledged Thursday that they pumped water into Farmington, but they were overwhelmed by additional basin failures on one end and blocked drainage on the other.