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A Twitch video in which Vaughn Hart discusses her classes and CMCSS administration. (Contributed)
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3 months ago
Rossview High teacher suspended, sent home over notes calling students ‘stupid,’ Twitch video

A Rossview High School teacher has been suspended and placed on an alternate worksite after district officials found she used derogatory language about students.

Greenleigh Gafford celebrates the end of two years of cancer treatments on Dec. 18, 2025. (Brooke Katz, Blood Assurance, contributed)
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4 months ago
After 2 years of cancer treatment, 27 blood transfusions, 6-year-old rings the bell | VIDEO

After dozens of blood and platelet transfusions, six-year-old Greenleigh Gafford is in remission from leukemia. As blood banks continue to warn of shortages, her family and community leaders say local blood donations help save local lives.

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4 months ago
‘A lifeline’: Clarksville patients depend on regular blood transfusions to survive

For Jeff Humphreys and Carrie Stevenson, blood transfusions are a routine part of survival. As blood banks warn of shortages, patients who rely on transfusions say donated blood is a lifeline.

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4 months ago
‘I might not have been here’: How donated blood saved mom of newborn twins

An emergency blood transfusion saved Clarksville resident Karissa Perry’s life after childbirth complications. Donated blood was critical.

Lincoln Homes redevelopment site plan as of January 2026. (Clarksville Housing Authority, contributed)
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4 months ago
Housing Authority on search for new executive director, progress on Lincoln Homes redevelopment

The Clarksville Housing Authority speaks on their longtime search for a new executive director and receiving two 9% tax credit applications approved for Lincoln Homes.

Public meeting held on Friday, Jan. 2, over The Well as a possible homeless outreach center with expanded services. (Christian Brown)
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5 months ago
Does downtown Clarksville need homeless outreach center? Community debates expanded location at The Well

In a standing-room-only event, more than 180 people attended a public meeting Friday night to discuss a plan by the City of Clarksville and Clarksville Urban Ministries to expand homelessness outreach services downtown.

Clockwise from the top left, Woodstock flooding, state hospital hearing, Gary the Guardrail and Matt Van Epps.
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5 months ago
Top 10 news stories of 2025 in Clarksville, from floods to hospitals to Gary the Guardrail | COMMENTARY

It’s time to click through the Clarksville Now archives for the last 12 months and try to make sense of the year that was, along with my own takes on what happened.

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5 months ago
Cellphone blackout: CMCSS students don’t like new policy ‘even if it benefits them’

As the winter break approaches for Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools, students, educators and staff have now had their first semester with the new cellphone policy.

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5 months ago
School recess: After changing law for elementaries, CMCSS moms target middle schools

Say Yes to Recess says they have found that only two of the eight local middle schools gave recess to meet the law of 90 minutes of physical activity a week

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6 months ago
Kraft Street Bridge deemed safe despite cracks, full replacement scheduled | PHOTOS

Recently, passersby have noticed the Kraft Street Bridge in Clarksville has chipping concrete around rusted beams, and a crack running down one of the support pillars.