CLARKSVILLE, IN (August 19, 2024) – The Clarksville Fire Department is issuing an important warning to local businesses about a potential security threat. Chief Brandon Skaggs says thieves are calling businesses claiming to be Fire Marshals with the Clarksville Fire Department. They then instruct the employees to take and email interior photos of the business...
The following article is a guest contribution by Philippa Newfield and Jay H. Buckley: Meriwether Lewis, co-captain of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, turns 250 on August 18! Born in 1774 to William Lewis and Lucy Meriwether, Meriwether Lewis grew up on the family’s Ivy Creek plantation “Locust Hill” near Charlottesville, Virginia, and Thomas Jefferson’s...
CLARKSVILLE, IN (August 13, 2024) – Designing a new downtown from scratch isn’t something that happens everyday, so you can imagine how many urban design professionals would be interested in seeing it all play out. That was the idea behind a recent walking tour of Clarksville’s newly developed downtown area. According to its website, the...
INDIANA — To protect the lives of motorists and construction workers across the Hoosier State, INDOT announces the official launch of Indiana Safe Zones, a five-year worksite speed control pilot program authorized by House Enrolled Act 1015 during the 2023 legislative session. Starting Wednesday, Aug. 14, camera technology will be deployed in the current I-70...
Southern Indiana (July 16, 2024) – Applications for a 2024 round of funding from the Tourism Capital Development Fund (TCDF) managed by SoIN Tourism will be accepted starting August 1. Awards granted will range from $100,000 to $250,000. SoIN Tourism, the Clark-Floyd Counties Convention & Tourism Bureau, will award up to $1 million in total...
CLARKSVILLE, IN (July 15, 2024) – Join the Jeffersonville Township Public Library on Saturday, July 27th from 3:00-4:00 p.m. at the Jeffersonville location for an amazing hour devoted to Stories of Origin Park’s Past with Jim Kenney! Jim Kenney has an impressive resume: a 1973 graduate of Clarksville High School, a graduate of the University...
CLARKSVILLE, IN (July 12, 2024) – It is the first, new single-family home neighborhood to begin construction in more than 17 years, and work officially kicked off this morning. Millennium Builders and the Town of Clarksville celebrated the beginning of the new South Valley neighborhood development at 129 North Randolph Avenue. Millennium Builders recently reached...
CLARKSVILLE, IN (July 10, 2024) – Dozens of local kids waited eagerly as the Town of Clarksville cut the ribbon and officially opened the new Ashland Park playground. Close to $300,000 was spent on the installation of the new playground and the replacement of the existing mulch with new turf surfacing. The project was paid...
CLARKSVILLE, IN (July 2, 2024) – In what seems to be becoming a common occurrence, the Clarksville Town Council hosted a team from Providence High School to celebrate another state championship. This time, the Pioneers Baseball Team was honored for bringing home the IHSAA 2A State Championship in June. Council President Ryan Ramsey read a...
CLARKSVILLE, IN (July 2, 2024) – The tragic death of a local teen has prompted the Clarksville Town Council to reaffirm its support for the removal of the Providence Mill Dam. 14-year-old Andre “AJ” Edwards, Jr. of Clarksville died from an accidental drowning on Memorial Day. Witnesses told police Edwards went under water while swimming...
