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The opening of the new Montgomery County Highway Department building on Crossland Avenue on June 4, 2026. (Joshua Peltz, MCHD, contributed)
News
5 months ago
Montgomery County Highway Department celebrates opening of new facility 

Montgomery County officials, community leaders, and transportation professionals gathered to celebrate the grand opening of the new Montgomery County Highway Department Headquarters Facility, a project designed to support the county’s continued growth and enhance public service for decades to come.

Crime
5 months ago
UPDATE: Man surrenders after 10-hour standoff with Clarksville Police

Police were in a standoff Thursday night with a man who fired gunshots inside a home in northwest Clarksville.

News
5 months ago
City Council postpones ordinance to abolish Parking Commission, put enforcement under CPD

After weeks of discussion, the City Council voted to defer an ordinance that looked to abolish the Parking Commission and move parking enforcement under the Clarksville Police Department.

Two-car crash on a highway: a blue sedan rear‑ended by a red car with extensive front damage; a worker in a neon vest stands nearby on the road.
News
5 months ago
UPDATE: 1 critically injured in 3-vehicle crash on Fort Campbell Boulevard

A wreck with injuries has shut down the northbound lanes of Fort Campbell Boulevard in Clarksville.

Business partners Dan Johnson and Elizabeth Self in front of Chi-Town on June 4, 2026. (Wesley Irvin)
Business
5 months ago
Chi-Town Hot Dogs plans comeback, honoring legacy of co-founder Donna Johnson

Five years after shutting down operations, Chi-Town Hot Dogs is planning a comeback while honoring the memory of one of their founders – Donna Johnson.

News
5 months ago
Weekend weather: Hot, dry weekend ahead of rain coming Sunday night

Clarksville forecast: Hot and mostly dry weather is expected across the area through much of the weekend before rain chances return Sunday.

Avery Bates (MCSO, contributed)
Crime
5 months ago
Crime Stoppers tips lead to Oak Grove homicide arrest in Clarksville

A man wanted by police in a November homicide in Oak Grove, Kentucky, has been arrested in Clarksville, thanks to several Crime Stoppers tips.

Two men sit side by side in a courtroom, one in a blue suit and the other with long hair in a dark shirt, facing forward.
Crime
5 months ago
Courthouse shooting: As victim recovers, judge keeps Eatherly’s bond at $1 million

Fox’s mother says he is slowly recovering as a judge kept the accused shooter’s bond at $1 million after conflicting accounts of what led to the gunfire.

Analog parking meter in downtown Clarksville with a Parkmobile option. (Contributed)
News
5 months ago
Parking fund has $800,000 in unpaid tickets, downtown business owners say make it free | PODCAST

With the Parking Commission’s inability to enforce parking tickets in Clarksville, the enterprise fund has built up a deficit of more than $800,000.

News
5 months ago
Motorcyclist who was killed in crash on MLK Parkway identified by Clarksville Police

The motorcyclist who was killed in a May 28 crash on Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway in Clarksville has been identified.