Clarksville Area Chamber of Commerce January 2022 Events, Announcements
December 30, 2021
Clarksville, TN – On Wednesday, January 5th, 2022, the Clarksville Area Chamber of Commerce will hold the monthly Clarksville Young Professionals (CYP) meeting at noon, featuring FBI Special Agents Matt Foster, Nathan Opie, Brad Smith, and PAO Elizabeth Clement-Webb; sponsored by Union Home Mortgage.
This Week at APSU: Govs Football hopes to follow up on its rout of Jacksonville State
October 8, 2019
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University (APSU) football team hopes to protect the Fort again following their September 28th rout of conference rival (and then No. 11-ranked) Jacksonville State and the subsequent bye week. The Govs host Southeast Missouri at 2:00pm Saturday, October 12th.
Clarksville Montgomery County School System website is back Online
July 12, 2012
Montgomery County, TN – The Clarksville Montgomery County School System (CMCSS) brought their website back online Thursday, July 12th.
The site was taken down after the systems security was breached by hackers on Sunday, June 10th.
Austin Peay State University student Newspaper The All State named in Top 5 Papers in Southeast
March 8, 2012
Student Staff Garners Awards
Clarksville, TN – The All State, Austin Peay State University’s student newspaper, was named fourth best college newspaper in the south at the annual Southeast Journalism Conference held February 9th-11th at the University of Tennessee at Martin.
Eight student staff members attended the annual conference, several of whom earned regional honors for their work. The All State ranked higher than all other Tennessee colleges competing and above a number of student newspapers from much larger journalism programs across the south.
A total of 34 colleges and universities entered the competition for Best College Newspaper in the South. [Read more]
Clarksville Area Chamber of Commerce February Events
February 1, 2012
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Area Chamber of Commerce announces upcoming events during the month of February.
On Tuesday, February 7th, at 11:30am at the Hilton Garden Inn, 290 Alfred Thun Road, the Chamber will be presenting a Women In Business. Please join us for this very special Women In Business event, where the First Lady of Tennessee, Crissy Haslam, will serve as the keynote speaker.
Remembering our fallen Officers – Kenneth Lee Browning
May 13, 2010
First Clarksville Police Officer killed in the line of Duty by gunfire
On the morning of February 13th, 1974, FBI Agent Frank Christian came to the police station to report seeing a black male carrying a shotgun walking south on 2nd Street. Officers Kenneth Browning and Joe Mixon left headquarters to locate the individual. Joe Mixon had been with the Department about a year and Browning had left the Dickson Police Department with 3-4 years of service and had only been with the Clarksville Police Department a few months.
They approached 2nd Street in the area of the US Post Office when they saw the black male, later identified as Howard Gentry, 42 standing at the intersection of Madison and 3rd Street. Gentry had been described as a loner and his mother had sought help for his deteriorating mental state of mind. [Read more]