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Clarksville forecast: Highs of 94 and heat indexes of 106 are expected today and Friday, and a Heat Advisory has been issued.

For the first time in over 70 years, Clarksville will have competition in hospital health care, with the state approving plans for both Ascension Saint Thomas and TriStar.

The Clarksville Police Department is investigating an identity theft that occurred July 19 at Governor’s Square Mall.

Clarksville’s healthcare future was on the line Wednesday morning as two hospitals went before the Tennessee Health Facilities Commission requesting permission to build here, amid objections from Clarksville’s only existing hospital, Tennova-Healthcare.

The CMCSS school board adopts resolutions to support TriStar Health and Ascension Saint Thomas plans for new Clarksville hospitals in the final 24 hours before the Certificate of Need hearing.

TriStar Health says it has collected and submitted over 20,000 signatures on its petition for a new hospital in Clarksville, along with over 1,500 letters of support.

The Tennessee Valley Authority is making steady progress on converting the Cumberland Fossil Plant into the new Cumberland Natural Gas Plant southwest of Clarksville.

A man stole two cars and crashed them both in Montgomery County Monday night.