Clarksville TN

CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – A Clarksville man was sentenced Wednesday to 3 1/2 years of probation after pleading guilty to vehicular homicide in a 2023 fatal wreck on Guthrie Highway. Nicholas Wade Hawkins, 25, took an open plea on Dec. 8, 2025, to vehicular homicide; a vehicular homicide-driver...

A 3-year-old boy died after climbing into a broken-down van on a Cheatham County, T.N., property while a caregiver napped, and no charges have been filed. Hot car deaths claim about 40 children per year in the United States — roughly one every nine days — and child safety advocates say 25% of those cases involve childr

CROSS PLAINS, TENNESSEE: (Smokey Barn News) – Five people, including two children, were injured in a serious head-on collision Wednesday afternoon near Cross Plains, with two adults transported to a Nashville hospital in critical condition. Robertson County EMS Medic 2 from Cross Plains and the Cross Plains Fire Depart

A 17-year-old student has filed a civil lawsuit against Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools and a former teacher who was arrested for allegedly showing her nude photos of himself on campus.

CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – After being closed for five years, Chi-Town Hot Dogs has reopened its doors on Riverside Drive, bringing back a familiar name and menu. The restaurant, located at 1057 S. Riverside Drive, closed in 2021 after co-owner Donna Johnson was diagnosed with cancer. She passed away later tha

Christian County Fiscal Court passed its first reading of the 2026-27 fiscal year taxing rates Tuesday morning, with a public hearing already planned before the next session Tuesday, August 25. At the suggestion of Judge-Executive Jerry Gilliam and the budget committee, real estate is scheduled to remain the same at...

The nearly four decade case of Robert “Bobby” Lewis Wilks, a former Robertson County funeral director sentenced to prison for burial fraud, is getting a fresh perspective with a new book written by an author from Cross Plains. Titled “Digging Up Bones: When the Truth Is Exhumed” and...

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – The Clarksville Police Department is raising awareness after it says it has responded to more than 1,300 mental health-related calls for service this year. According to a social media post by the department, this included 822 calls involving individuals threatening to commit or attempting suicide.

CLARKSVILLE, TN – The City of Clarksville Neighborhood & Community Services Department is proud to announce the expansion of the Home Repair Program to include rental property improvements. The new initiative is designed to preserve existing affordable housing opportunities and improve the quality of rental homes throu

The Christian County Board of Education voted at its last meeting to add another school resource officer to its police department, citing the growing needs of the district’s Day Treatment Program at the Christian County Learning Center. The board unanimously approved the position, which will be funded through state...