1+ hour, 36+ min ago  (390+ words) CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) " A Clarksville man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in the 2022 shooting of a man found dead in his car on Power Street. According to Montgomery County Circuit Court records, Tristen James Deschapell, now 30, pleaded…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago  (812+ words) The City Council approved a proposal that gives CPD access to grant funding to buy new oral drug testing equipment. Here's what to know about the system. CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) " At the end of last year, the City Council…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (265+ words) CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) "A man shot himself during a police negotiation Monday night at an apartment complex near Exit 4. At about 5:52 p.m., Clarksville Police responded to a report of an armed man experiencing a mental health crisis at an apartment…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (350+ words) CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) " Almost 10 years after the 2017 fatal shooting of a Clarksville man in New Providence, the trial begins this month for three defendants. On the afternoon of Nov. 20, 2017, Clarksville Police responded to a shooting in the 200 block of…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (300+ words) CLARKSVILLE, TN " The Clarksville Police Department has taken several recent reports of Fraud/False Pretenses involving phone scams targeting members of our community. It is critical for the public to understand that law enforcement will never ask for money to…...

3+ week, 5+ hour ago  (284+ words) CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) " The Clarksville Police Department is asking for the public's assistance in identifying two people of interest as they investigate a shoplifting incident that occurred on Jan. 23, at Dick's Sporting Goods, located at Governor's Square Mall at…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (794+ words) CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) "After two days of testimony and two hours of deliberation, a Montgomery County jury found John Norman Vandal guilty of second-degree murder in the 2019 fentanyl-related death of his friend, Kayla Marie Valasquez. On Dec. 14, 2019, Valasquez, 28, died…...

1+ mon, 2+ hour ago  (866+ words) CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) " The jury trial for a Clarksville man charged with second-degree murder in the fentanyl-related death of his friend began Tuesday afternoon in Montgomery County Circuit Court. John Norman Vandal is accused in the December 2019 death of…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (167+ words) On December 19, 2025, six officers with the Clarksville Police Department graduated from the twelve-week Basic Police School at the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy (TLETA) in Nashville, Tennessee. While at the academy, Officer Hunter Mead earned the Marksmanship Award after achieving…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (231+ words) The Clarksville Police Department would like to recognize the retirement of K9 Police Dog "Joker." CLARKSVILLE, TN " The Clarksville Police Department would like to recognize the retirement of K9 Police Dog "Joker," who turns 9 years old on Jan. 19. Joker's last official day…...