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Clarksville City Council appears divided on Roxy performing arts center It's an idea that has been in the making for about a decade: Take the historic Roxy Theatre and turn it into an expanded downtown Clarksville performing arts center with world-class features. But with a Clarksville City Council full of new faces, there is renewed skepticism about whether it's the right course to take. On the council's February agenda is second reading of an ordinance that, if approved, would authorize the city's purchase of the Roxy property. The fair market value purchase price is quoted at $810,000 aft...

Clarksville NowCity of Clarksville livestreamCity Attorney Lance Baker CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – Several City Council members offered strong criticism of City Attorney Lance Baker during a heated meeting that lasted late into the night Thursday. The discussion came as part of a resolution to fire Baker, submitted by Ward 11 Councilwoman Ashlee Evans. Evans’ resolution referenced a number of ethics complaints submitted by Blackhorse Pub & Brewery owner Jeff Robinson against Baker, as well as Baker’s demeanor at January’s meeting, which Evans called obstructive. Evans specif...

AMHERST — A group of educators criticized the Amherst County School Board’s recent direction to school administration staff to postpone a lesson plan on equity and social justice, blasting the move during the public comments session of the board’s Jan. 14 meeting. Hollie Jennings, Amherst County Public Schools’ supervisor of discipline and compliance, said the lesson was set to roll out beginning the week of Jan. 11 at Amherst County High School, Amherst Middle School and Monelison Middle School. The term equity refers to striving for culturally responsive schools, Jenning...

By Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin Justice Adenike Akinpelu of the Kwara State High Court on Wednesday convicted a 29-year-old internet fraudster, Ademola Adebukola alias “Holy Ghost” to one-year imprisonment on four counts of cheating and attempt to cheat. The judge convicted and sentenced the defendant to six months imprisonment on each of the counts after he pleaded guilty to the charges brought by the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. “Having pleaded guilty to the charges, you are hereby jailed for six months imprisonment for each of the counts said....

Share A 29-year-old internet fraudster, Ademola Adebukola alias ‘Holy Ghost’ was on Wednesday jailed after he was guilty of four counts of cheating and attempt to cheat by a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin. Justice Adenike Akinpelu convicted and sentenced him to six months imprisonment on each of the counts after he pleaded guilty to the charges brought against him by the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The sentences are to run concurrently from September 14, 2020. The court also ordered the forfeiture of the convict’s iPhone 5 and De...