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

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?

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.

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.

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?

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.