Clarksville TN

CLARKSVILLE, TN – Here’s a look at the top local news stories from Clarksville Now this week, including a debate of requiring sprinklers, questions about who can run for sheriff, and roadside drug testing. Sprinklers could soon be required on ‘stacked duplexes’ in Clarksville, raising safety, costs: A...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — All modes of severe weather are possible Monday night into Tuesday morning. An Enhanced Risk (level 3/5) has been issued for northwestern counties, including portions of: Stewart, Houston, Trigg, Christian, and Todd counties. A Slight Risk (level 2/5) has been issued for most of Middle...

OAK GROVE, Ky. (WSMV) - Police in Southern Kentucky say they have found one of the people behind a bank fraud scheme that made the culprits $25,000, according to WKDZ. WKDZ reports that Oak Grove Police arrested 55-year-old Wendell Christmas, of Indiana, in connection with the fraud plot that targeted the Oak Grove Navy Federal Credit Union.

HOPKINSVILLE, KY (CHRISTIAN COUNTY NOW) – Showers and thunderstorms are likely to start Friday afternoon with rain chances continuing overnight. Into the weekend, conditions begin to improve Saturday, with a slight chance of lingering showers and storms before skies gradually clear and highs reach the upper 70s. Dry weather returns Sunday with a slight chance of showers coming back into Monday morning.

DICKSON, Tenn. (WSMV) - One person was flown to a Nashville hospital for emergency treatment after a semi-truck and sedan collided on Interstate 40 West. The crash happened near mile marker 167 in Dickson County, per a post shared Thursday night by Tennessee City Fire Rescue. Rescuers had to remove...

CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – Seems simple enough: Require sprinklers in “stacked duplexes.” But developers say the costs will make this option for low-cost housing too expensive to build. Also, an old DUI conviction raises questions about the state law on who can run for sheriff, Ryan and Chris take the Army’s new Combat Field Test, Alabama’s biggest hits, and how long until people...

A storm system that has already spawned tornadoes, hail and severe weather of all types as it makes it’s way across the country, it’s set to enter our region on Monday, bringing more severe weather. The Storm Prediction Center has already highlighted the bulk of the area for...

CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – Heavy rainfall this afternoon caused multiple traffic problems, including a crash with injuries on Dunbar Cave Road. At about 3:50 p.m., vehicles crashed in the westbound lane at Cave Road. At 4:10 p.m., traffic was backed up from Cave Road to past Dunbar Cave State Park.

HOPKINSILLE, Ky. (WSMV) - A man was rushed to the hospital Thursday night following a crash in Southern Kentucky. WKDZ reports that the wreck happened just before 9 p.m. along Skyline Drive. Hopkinsville Police told WKDZ that the man was driving in an SUV toward Fort Campbell Boulevard when it...

A Christian County Grand Jury returned several indictments recently in cases involving assault, burglary, theft, drug possession, and weapons charges, according to records released by the Christian Circuit Court. Among the assault-related indictments, 31-year-old Michael Paxton, of Hopkinsville, was indicted on charges of first-degree strangulation, domestic violence, and fourth-degree assault....