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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.

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.

Montgomery County is hosting a flood recovery resource fair at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 15 at Kirkwood High School for residents impacted by the floods that hit the Clarksville Montgomery County area in mid-February and early-April.

For many years, Austin Peay State University has proudly held the title of the second-most affordable university in the state of Tennessee. While that still holds true, on Friday morning, the APSU Board of Trustees approved a 5% increase in undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees.

The Clarksville Police Department is currently investigating a vehicle theft that occurred early Friday morning on Wilma Rudolph Boulevard. 

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.

Following record breaking rainfall, for some residents located at Veronica Court in the Farmington subdivision, they don’t only have to deal with stormwater, but with raw sewage in their front yards and the expansion of a sinkhole at the rear of the properties.

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.