CLARKSVILLE, TN – Here’s a look at the top local news stories from Clarksville Now this week.
Proposed hotel tax hike would make Clarksville’s highest in nation, second vote postponed: A proposed new 4% privilege tax on lodging would give us the highest total hotel tax rate out of the nation’s 150 largest cities. READ MORE
Fort Campbell soldier, intelligence analyst, arrested on charges of selling military secrets, bribery: In exchange for the documents and information, the soldier received at least 14 payments that totaled $42,000, according to prosecutors. READ MORE
3 takeaways from Election Day in Montgomery County: Record low turnout, Republicans own ballot: The voter turnout percentage was in the single-digits. Here’s how that compares to previous elections, and some reasons why. READ MORE
- Final results in Montgomery County primary
- Hester wins re-election as Property Assessor: ‘I’ve had such a peace about this race the last couple of weeks’
- Lanier beats incumbent Patterson in School Board race: ‘I’m glad all this part is over; it has been a fight’
- 5 candidates sail past March 5 primary unopposed, some also unopposed in August
Teen pleads guilty to murder of grandmother, found stabbed 114 times in home: As one stabbing victim escaped and locked himself in a bedroom to call 911, the other was stabbed over 100 times by the 17-year-old boy. READ MORE
Govs headed to ASUN basketball championship for first title game since 2016: In a huge win over North Alabama, Austin Peay State University clinched its first ASUN Championship game during the program’s first postseason as a member of the conference. READ MORE
Rep. Mark Green says phone call from Donald Trump changed his mind about leaving Congress: He said he was hit with thousands of texts and calls from people asking him to reconsider, including the one person he couldn’t say no to: former President Donald Trump. READ MORE
2 men found guilty in 2020 slaying of 32-year-old man on Bennett Drive: Police responded to a shootout in progress and arrived to find a 32-year-old with multiple fatal gunshot wounds. READ MORE
Clarksville High girls’ historic season comes to end in state tournament quarterfinals: The Wildcats girls’ basketball team lost the defending state champions, the Lady Bears from Bradley Central. READ MORE
Rossview boys’ basketball wins sectional matchup to advance to state tournament: The Hawks defeated the Cordova High Wolves 55-52 in a sectional showdown. READ MORE
JCM Racing becomes family affair with Joe C. Maynard and Shelby Maynard set to race: As JCM Racing and owner Joe Maynard prepare for their third season of operating an NHRA team, JCM Racing will be adding two drivers, and you could consider it to be a family affair. READ MORE
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