Clarksville News

Clarksville Police are investigating the shooting death of a Fort Campbell soldier Saturday evening in the Summit Heights area.

According to a news release, the local 911 Center received a call from Hopkinsville Emergency Operations Center around 4:45 a.m. Sunday, informing dispatchers that the man was shot in the arm while sitting in a car in the parking lot of a nightclub in the 2400 block of Fort Campbell Boulevard.

A 24-year-old Fort Campbell soldier was shot to death Saturday night while visiting a friend at Summit Heights, according to a police news release.

With the Democratic and Republican primaries in the governor's race some 14 months away, candidates in both parties are now focused on the lifeblood of any statewide campaign - money.

With a fattened GI Bill covering full tuition and more, the number of veterans attending college this fall is expected to jump 30% from last year to nearly half a million.

Clarksville Police are on the hunt for an alleged gunman who is believed to have shot a man in the early morning hours of June 24.

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A Clarksville man was arrested Wednesday and charged with trying to stab two deputies with a butter knife.

An apparent drive-by shooting left two Clarksville residents with minor injuries early Thursday morning.

The woman focused on the prosecutor as she explained how the rape has changed her life.

City leaders in Clarksville say they need a new marina. To build one they would have to close a busy city park.

A hearing to reduce the bond of a Clarksville woman charged in her father's murder is being held today in Judge John Gasaway's court.

Officials at a new elementary school scheduled to open in the fall say humidity has caused mold to appear in some of the rooms.

Katelyn Marie Henderson of Clarksville has earned a 4.0 grade point average for fall 2008 and spring 2009 at Tennessee Tech University, where she is majoring in Chemistry.

A Ft. Campbell man was arrested Friday and charged with falsely reporting he was robbed and kidnapped two months ago.

A Clarksville man has been indicted by the grand jury and charged with sexually abusing two young girls.

Clarksville police said a body was found in the Cumberland River near the West Fork Bridge off 101st Airborne Division Parkway.

Clarksville police this morning charged a man who was already in jail with the assault on a man found stabbed inside a burning car on June 5. Alprestonia Dequon Butler, 32, who gave a 960 Oak Plains address, was charged with attempted homicide, robbery and aggravated arson.

A youth minister at Spring Creek Baptist Church was arrested Wednesday night and charged with multiple sex crimes against minors.

School officials say black mold found inside a new elementary school under construction in Montgomery County should not delay its opening in August.