Local podcasts hosted by the Clarksville Now news team.

After weeks of closeout sales, Big Lots dropped a big surprise this week: They’ll reopen with new owners. Meanwhile, the planned five-story apartments next door failed to get rezoning. Here’s what all of that means for plans to attract a grocery to Riverside Drive.

In this week’s episode of Clarksville Conversations, Charlie Koon talks to two of this year’s organizers, Kim Wiggins and Brad Averitt, about what’s in store for Candlelight Ball.
The Woodstock subdivision once again took the brunt of Clarksville flooding during rains, and there’s a reason. Also, with the loss of Big Lots and Sav-a-Lot, south Riverside Drive is already a food desert and getting worse.

Chris Lancia, Tom Mattingly, and Chris Lanier join Charlie Koon to talk about a special organization that helps families of fallen members of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, The Night Stalkers Association.

In this week’s episode of Clarksville Conversations, Charlie Koon talks to Gary and Mari Linfoot about The American Mobility Project.

In this week’s episode of Clarksville Conversations, Charlie Koon sits down with Hope Patonis, owner, president and CEO of The Youth Academy

A middle-schooler is arrested and expelled for making a school violence threat, showing the county isn’t playing games with this stuff. Meanwhile, the city has a plan to clean up or clean out houses and buildings that are falling apart, but who will run the bulldozer? Plus, Ryan gives his version of Hemlock history and Chris defends the honor of Drew Barrymore.

Plans for greenway expansion could connect Fort Campbell to Ashland City, and with a bridge over the Red River. Also, plans are back for a five-story apartment building downtown, the Dunlop Mansion suit failed, and Ryan describes the worst peanut butter and jelly sandwich ever.