Community news, features and interesting statistics for Clarksville, Montgomery County and Fort Campbell.

Clarksville Christian School (CCS) is pleased to announce the official launch of its Mid-Level School, a purpose-built program for 5th and 6th grade students designed to ease the transition between elementary and middle school.

Dr. Rich Mifsud, the director of APSU’s Institute for National Security and Military Studies (INSMS), recently delivered a featured lecture titled “Cooperation between the California National Guard and the Ukrainian Military” at the Institute of International Politics and Economics (IIPE) in Belgrade, Serbia.

The Montgomery County Veterans Service Organization (MCVSO), in conjunction with Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4895, will be conducting the annual Flag Day ceremony beginning at 10:00 am, Saturday, June 14, at VFW Post 4895, 1701 Haynes St., Clarksville.

Montgomery County Parks and Recreation welcomed back the Nashville Symphony for a free outdoor concert on Thursday at the Downtown Commons.

The Clarksville Writers Conference marked its 20th year with a three-day event held at the Austin Peay State University Art + Design Building and Franklin Room at F&M Bank.

Austin Peay State University’s Master of Public Health program is on a mission to boost childhood literacy through the Community LIFT (Literacy Initiative for Fostering Thinkers) Project, which will bring family reading training programs and Little Free Libraries to Head Start Centers across the county.

Looking for fun things to do over the weekend in Clarksville? Here are our top picks, including a Kid Rock tribute band at Downtown Commons, Touch-a-Truck at the library, and an All-White Party at Liberty Park.

Dozens of elected officials, business leaders, doctors, nurses and other community supporters gathered at Boyd’s Pumpkin Patch on Wednesday to celebrate and support its planned transformation into the campus of Ascension Saint Thomas Clarksville.