News

Clarksville's ambitious plan to ease congestion and modernize its roads is moving faster than expected, according to city ...
Even with Tennessee’s continuous heat wave, Clarksville is hosting a variety of events for the Fourth of July on Friday this ...
On June 14, in Clayton, N.C., about 43 miles east of the Duke campus, celebrated actor and university professor Mike Wiley, ...
Closure is still to come for the Battie family in the legal process. Darryl Bernard Brookins Jr., a five-time convicted felon ...
Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer. They include: -- French Empress Josephine in 1763 -- Pioneer sex ...
Wilma Rudolph, celebrated as the “Tennessee Tornado,” overcame significant challenges to become the first American woman to win three gold medals in a single Olympic Games.
American track and field star Wilma Rudolph was crowned the "fasted woman in the world" at the '60 games. She also became the first American woman to win three gold medals at the same Olympics.
These trailblazing athletes raised the bar for women’s sports By Bernadette Tuazon, Kyle Almond and Emmalee Reed, CNN Published March 30, 2024 ...
In 1940, Rudolph was born in Clarksville, the 20th out of 22 children. Polio paralyzed her when she was a child, but by the time she was 12, she began to walk and soon went on to be a world ...
Ms. Finney as the sprinter Wilma Rudolph, who won three gold medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics, alongside Jason Bernard playing Ed Temple, her coach, in the 1977 television movie “Wilma.” ...
Wilma Rudolph makes strides of excellence on and off the track. (Photo courtesy of National Women’s History Museum) ...