The Clarksville Rundown with Chris and Ryan

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Join Ryan Ploeckelman and Clarksville Now Editor Chris Smith and as we break down the top news stories in Clarksville, TN, each week.

  1. Make it make sense: City fire response, Senior Center debate, contractor rules

    May 29

    Make it make sense: City fire response, Senior Center debate, contractor rules

    The great mysteries of our age: 1. Clarksville Fire Rescue responds to fires outside the city limits, but county taxes don't support CFR. 2. The city wants to pay more to take over the Ajax Turner Senior Center, despite that the city has a revenue crisis. 3. The state has a law that small contractors have to be licensed, but Montgomery County hasn't opted in. Can someone make it all make sense?

    42 min
  2. What led up to courthouse shooting involving racism-fueled social videos?

    May 14

    What led up to courthouse shooting involving racism-fueled social videos?

    A Clarksville man has been recording himself taunting Black people with racial slurs. This week, a confrontation ended in gunfire. Here's what led up to it and what happens next. Plus, a look into the disciplinary records of sheriff candidates, Ascension Saint Thomas seeks help building a massive medical campus, whining over Wawa, and Chris has a plan to replace Smart Glasses with Smart Braces.

    43 min
  3. What's behind city's 33% tax increase, pullback of $3.5 million for schools?

    May 8

    What's behind city's 33% tax increase, pullback of $3.5 million for schools?

    Mayor Joe Pitts dropped some bombshells in the last week, with a proposed 31-cent property tax increase and a pullback of $3.5 million in sales tax revenue from schools. What's going on, why the surprises, and why isn't the city collaborating with other government agencies? Also, how to get rid of this political gerrymandering BS, and what you'll see on Ryan's love pants.

    44 min
  4. Can housing be both affordable and safe? Sprinkler proposal draws fire

    Apr 24

    Can housing be both affordable and safe? Sprinkler proposal draws fire

    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 start complaining about Long John Silver's?

    43 min
  5. Why Army is replacing Black Hawk helicopter with 'Cheyenne' tiltrotor

    Apr 17

    Why Army is replacing Black Hawk helicopter with 'Cheyenne' tiltrotor

    In a couple of years, the 101st Airborne Division will begin flying the newly named "Cheyenne" tiltrotor instead of the Black Hawk helicopter. It's a critical change for important reasons, and no, this isn't an Osprey. Also, what's next now that the teacher who showed nude selfies has resigned, big changes at the Housing Authority, Montgomery County taxpayers spend $145,000 on four contested district races, and how lemon squares could reshape America's foreign policy.

    39 min
  6. What can be done about Jason Steen's extortion Facebook, Instagram pages?

    Apr 10

    What can be done about Jason Steen's extortion Facebook, Instagram pages?

    Jason Steen's extortion-based Scoop Nashville / Clarksville Today social media pages are still haunting thousands of people across Middle Tennessee, but no one seems willing or able to do anything about it. Also, a neighborhood's beaver solution creates a stink about animal rights, the city is taking over the local senior center, and Chris and Ryan fight on whether the 101st Airborne flyby at Kid Rock's estate was all in good fun or a violation of Army standards.

    47 min
  7. How Spring Creek Parkway will grow with massive new VA Clinic

    Apr 8

    How Spring Creek Parkway will grow with massive new VA Clinic

    The under-construction Spring Creek Parkway has its first planned development, and it's Clarksville's massive new 4-story VA Clinic. Also, School Board leaders explain why they haven't weighed in on the scandal over a teacher's nude selfies, Charlie Daniels is coming back in hologram form, and Clarksville has a new slogan: "Home of Tennessee's Most Powerful Jeffs."

    43 min
  8. Reason No. 374 why you shouldn't take porn selfies

    Mar 20

    Reason No. 374 why you shouldn't take porn selfies

    If you have porn selfies on your phone ... first, why? ... but why would you bring that to school, where you might accidentally (he said) show them to one of your students? A recent incident at Montgomery Central High School is raising all kinds of questions and complications. Also, another tornado swept across Clarksville, why that pedestrian bridge isn't finished, and Chris debunks the chemtrail theory.

    47 min
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