News in Clarksville: Dreams for Dylan, Trump’s commutation and other top stories this week – Clarksville Now
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Here’s a look at the top stories from Clarksville Now this week.
Dreams for Dylan: Community rallies around 16-year-old with terminal cancer: Dylan Lawrence, a high school junior, has an inoperable tumor and less than a year left. But thanks to family and community support, Dylan is making the best of the time he has left. “I feel like there’s a lot of untapped potential in every single individual, and why not embrace that? Make your life your own,” he said. READ MORE
Trump commutes life sentence of Clarksville man convicted in 2010 drug conspiracy: Chris Young had his sentence commuted by President Donald Trump as part of a series of last-minute pardons and commutations. In 2010, Young was arrested as part of a roundup in Clarksville tied to gangs and guns. But the judge has repeatedly called the mandatory minimum sentence Young faced “cruel and unjust.” READ MORE
Shelby’s Trio restaurant with rooftop bar, muscle cars planned downtown: Joe and Cathi Maynard have announced that the corner of College and Second Street will become a new, $4 million, 18,700-square-foot restaurant and bar called Shelby’s Trio. Each floor will feature a different restaurant, with muscle cars on the ground floor and a rooftop bar on top. READ MORE
Capitol police hero, 101st veteran escorts Kamala Harris at inauguration: Officer Eugene Goodman, a veteran of the 101st Airborne Division, was honored at the inauguration of President Joe Biden. During the Capitol Hill riots two weeks earlier, Goodman confronted the insurrectionists and led them away from Senate chambers. READ MORE
Rep. Green commends Trump’s last-minute order on help for K2 veterans: On his last full day in the White House, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that the Department of Defense recognize the toxic exposures suffered by veterans who served at K2, the airbase in Uzbekistan, as combat-related. Many Fort Campbell veterans living in Clarksville were deployed to K2 and have endured lingering diseases. READ MORE
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