Join Clarksville Now Editor Chris Smith and 5 Star Operations Manager Ryan Ploeckelman as they break down the top news stories in Clarksville each week.
Tempers flared this week over flood damage in Clarksville, but what can be done to stop it? Maybe a giant wall of sandbags?
With over 220 homes damaged by flooding, whose fault is it? The homeowners, the developers, the Clarksville/Montgomery County government, the Industrial Park? Or is anyone really to blame when we’re at 245% of normal rainfall? And what do we do about it?
Flooding complaints are weighing on the City Council, but do they have a solution for stormwater? Also, Fort Campbell ends its annual Boots Display memorial over complaints about older soldiers being left out.
A 15-year-old boy rescues his younger siblings as a tree crashes into their house. Plus, Austin Peay State University is planning a tuition increase, Ryan has advice for new Police Chief Ty Burdine, and new playgrounds are built around town. Also, as Holland premieres this weekend, Ryan reveals why a Nicole Kidman movie about Holland, Michigan, was filmed in Clarksville.
Is DEI all about lowering standards? Or is the push against it just racist hostility? Chris and Ryan do some explaining and try to find a reasonable middle ground.
What would you do if you were trapped in a swing 65 feet up for four hours? It happened in Erin, and they had to be rescued by Montgomery County volunteer firefighters.
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.
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.
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.