Clarksville News
The latest Clarksville news: city council, schools, police and fire, development and business, each story linked to the record it came from.
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CMCSS earns top state growth score for third straight year
CMCSS earned Tennessee's top growth rating for a third year, and 24 schools hit Level 5. Students beat the state average in all four tested subjects.
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Morning Notes
Morning Notes for Nov. 12: City Hall
Nov. 12: 3 items from Clarksville's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.
Animals
Clarksville rescue takes in 34 dogs from hoarding case
Mikaela's Mutt Motel took in 34 dogs from a hoarding case in Lyles, Tennessee. The Clarksville rescue now needs foster homes, supplies and adopters for them.
Morning Notes
Morning Notes for Nov. 11: City Hall
Nov. 11: 7 items from Clarksville's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.
Austin Peay
Austin Peay partners with Sofia University in Bulgaria
Austin Peay has signed a partnership with Sofia University in Bulgaria, a first for a Tennessee school. Student exchanges and a study-abroad trip are the aim.
Veterans Day
Veterans Day in Clarksville: what is closed Wednesday
City and county offices, every Bi-County convenience center and CMCSS schools close Wednesday, Nov. 11. Buses run, and rec centers and golf courses stay open.
Daily Debrief
Daily Debrief for Nov. 10: City Hall
Nov. 10: 4 items from Clarksville's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.
Morning Notes
Morning Notes for Nov. 10: City Hall
Nov. 10: 5 items from Clarksville's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.
Austin Peay
APSU scholarship honors Clarksville civil rights leader
A new Austin Peay scholarship honors Virginia Martin, a Clarksville NAACP president who ran Virginia's Café on College Street. Who can apply for it.
Driver's license
Clarksville driver license center on Dunbar Cave Road closes
The state's driver license center at 220 W. Dunbar Cave Road closed Monday for remodeling, with no reopening date. The Hornbuckle Road center stays open.
Daily Debrief
Daily Debrief for Nov. 9: City Hall
Nov. 9: 4 items from Clarksville's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.
Morning Notes
Morning Notes for Nov. 8: City Hall
Nov. 8: 4 items from Clarksville's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.
Elections
Riggins wins Clarksville mayor's race by 1,010 votes
Mark Riggins won the Clarksville mayor's race with 44.6% of the vote in unofficial results. Bill Cody took Ward 2 by seven votes, and five other council seats were decided.
Morning Notes
Morning Notes for Nov. 6: City Hall
Nov. 6: 7 items from Clarksville's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.
Veterans
Riverview Cemetery needs 260 wreaths for Dec. 19 ceremony
Clarksville needs more than 260 wreaths for veterans' graves at Riverview Cemetery by Dec. 1. The free wreath-laying ceremony is at 9 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 19.
Morning Notes
Morning Notes for Nov. 5: City Hall
Nov. 5: 7 items from Clarksville's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.
Daily Debrief
Daily Debrief for Nov. 4: City Hall
Nov. 4: 5 items from Clarksville's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.
Water outage
Water off Wednesday on Crossland Avenue, Golf Club Lane
Clarksville Gas & Water shuts off water on Crossland Avenue from 8 a.m. Wednesday and on about 30 streets near Golf Club Lane overnight. Streets, times and lane shifts.
Morning Notes
Morning Notes for Oct. 30: City Hall
Oct. 30: 3 items from Clarksville's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.
Austin Peay
Austin Peay geology club wins state contest again
Austin Peay's GeoClub swept the overall title and the Rock Bowl at the 2026 Tennessee Geoconclave, its second straight sweep. Ten students won six first places.
Morning Notes
Morning Notes for Oct. 29: City Hall
Oct. 29: 5 items from Clarksville's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.
Daily Debrief
Daily Debrief for Oct. 28: City Hall
Oct. 28: 3 items from Clarksville's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.
Morning Notes
Morning Notes for Oct. 28: City Hall
Oct. 28: 7 items from Clarksville's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.
Daily Debrief
Daily Debrief for Oct. 27: City Hall
Oct. 27: 3 items from Clarksville's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.
Morning Notes
Morning Notes for Oct. 27: City Hall
Oct. 27: 5 items from Clarksville's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.
Elections
Montgomery County early vote ends at 32,808, up 68%
32,808 Montgomery County early and mail ballots were cast before Election Day, 68% more than in 2022. Polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday. The numbers by site.
Austin Peay
Austin Peay names 6 to Military Hall of Fame
Veterans of the 101st Airborne and the 5th Special Forces Group are among six Austin Peay alumni entering the Military Hall of Fame Nov. 6. Who they are, and tickets.
Daily Debrief
Daily Debrief for Oct. 26: City Hall
Oct. 26: 4 items from Clarksville's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.
City Hall
Clarksville liquor store permits: 5 open, apply by Monday
Clarksville has five new retail liquor store certificates on offer. Applications close at 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26. Here is what the city asks for and where the 22 stores are.
Parks
Work starts on Bel-Aire Skatepark at old pool site
Clarksville broke ground Oct. 12 on an all-wheels skatepark at 124 Marie Drive, the old Bel-Aire pool site. It will be bigger than Heritage Park's and should open in April 2027.
Housing
Clarksville home permits down 18% through September
Clarksville permitted 1,533 new homes from January to September, down 18% from 1,867 a year earlier. September brought 144 units, up from August's low of 70.