Two State Senate seats were decided in elections on Tuesday night, March 3, while a State House of Representatives race will be decided by a runoff at the end of the month. Senate District 26 Brad Simon, a Republican, defeated Adam Watson, an Independent, in the special election to fill the Senate District 26 seat…

Sarah Capp, who serves as district court judge for Johnson and Franklin counties, defeated Brandon Carter in the race for Court of Appeals Judge District 3. Capp received 52,607 votes (62.94%), while Carter received 30,975 votes (37.06%). District 3 for the Court of Appeals consists of Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Madison and Washington counties.…

Voters in the Kingston School zone of the Jasper School District voted Tuesday, March 3, in favor of the school detaching from the district. According to final but unofficial results from the Madison County Clerk’s office, a total of 209 voters, or 63.72%, voted for the detachment, while 119, or 36.28%, voted against it. Act…

by Stephanie Baker The Johnson County Public Library Board met in a special session on Thursday, March 5, via teleconference and approved a $100,000 transfer from the library’s investment account to the 2026 operating budget for the building project. The item will be added to the next Quorum Court meeting agenda and will need approval…

Clarksville Connected Utilities customers who pay their bills online may notice a change in transaction fees, and utility officials say the move is about fairness and following state law. General Manager Roy Young said CCU previously absorbed the fees charged by credit and debit card companies when customers paid online. Those costs, he said, were…