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.
With the Clarksville Speedway being purchased by the city, and Montgomery County building a new fairgrounds, big annual events are in limbo. Here’s what’s happening and what could come next in our ongoing fairgrounds shuffle.
A dig into Clarksville history shows we could have sold our hospital to Vanderbilt or Saint Thomas two decades ago, but we rolled the dice on Triad. Remember them?
Each hospital chief had 15 minutes to sell their plan to Clarksville business and community leaders. Here’s how it went down, and what might happen next.
Documents show local leaders knew back in the mid-90s that Woodstock flooding would be a problem, and they never fixed it in the 2010s. Also, with three new hospitals proposed for Clarksville, the ideal choice is “all of the above.”
The new requirement for more recess in schools started right here in Clarksville, and now it’s catching on in other states. Let’s go!
CMCSS will ban phones during school hours this fall, and it can’t come soon enough. Imagine kids having to speak to each other in the hallways!
Clarksville is finally in line for a second full-service hospital, bringing competition to Tennova with Ascension Saint Thomas.
Another roundabout is coming, but will this one earn its own name? Plus, a UPS driver is caught on Ring camera smashing into a pickup and driving off. What was he thinking?
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?