Austin Peay Governors Basketball claims first OVC road win with 80-67 decision at SIU Edwardsville

January 19, 2012 |

APSU Sports: Austin Peay Basketball

Edwardsville, IL – Shooting 61.3 percent in the second half, Austin Peay State University pulled away from Southern Illinois Edwardsville to capture an 80-67 Ohio Valley Conference victory, Thursday night, at the Vadalabene Center.
The victory was the Govs’ fourth straight and improved them to 4-3 in OVC play, 7-13 overall. It was the Govs’ first OVC road win.

SIUE, meanwhile, slips to 3-4 in the OVC and 5-11 overall. This was the first meeting between the OVC newcomer Cougars and the Governors.

Austin Peay Men's Basketball. (Courtesy: William Powell)

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Officials expected to clear up Construction Bills at new Airport Terminal

By Hank Bonecutter | January 19, 2012 |

Clarksville, TN – Questions about the City of Clarksville paying it’s share of the construction costs related to the Outlaw Field Terminal project is expected to be cleared up at a meeting scheduled for tomorrow.

There’s been some concern from those close to the project about the City not paying it’s share of the construction costs.  At an Airport Authority meeting last night, city councilman Nick Steward was rebuffed by Authority Chairman Ron Whitford when pressed about the City paying it’s bills.  Whitford said the issue would be cleared up at a meeting scheduled Friday. «Read the rest of this article»

Austin Peay Governors Tennis gets swept by Louisville

January 19, 2012 |

APSU Sports: Austin Peay Tennis

Louisville, KY – Austin Peay State University men’s tennis team was shutout in its season opener, 7-0, Thursday, at Louisville.

While the Govs came up empty against the Cards, head coach Malik Tabet was able to evaluate his young team against strong competition and he liked what he saw.

Austin Peay Men's Tennis. (Courtesy: Mateen Sidiq/Austin Peay)

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Man finds his Own Stolen Property on Craigslist and the Thief goes to Jail

January 19, 2012 |

Clarksville, TN – On January 17th, 2012, around 4:30pm, a 28 year old man had parked his vehicle in the parking lot of the YMCA, 260 Hillcrest Drive, went inside to play basketball, and set his keys down by the basketball court.

When he was getting ready to leave around 6:00pm, he found that his keys and 99 Jeep Cherokee were missing. Police were notified, an investigation was opened, and a stolen vehicle notification was distributed to area law enforcement.

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Want To Start a Food Business?

January 19, 2012 |

Clarksville, TN – “Things You Need to Know to Make a Food Product For Resale.” will be on Friday, January 20th, at the Smith Trahern Mansion (1st and McClure Street Clarksville, TN) from 10:00am until 1:00pm. Small Business Woman, Jenny Chandler will be the lead speaker for this event.

Jenny runs her business out of Ashland City, and works through the Health Department with that endeavor. She’s also done work here at the domestic kitchen at the Montgomery County UT Extension office permitted through the Department of Agriculture. UT Extension helped her and her family in developing ideas and securing training for their businesses, serving as a guide to meet food manufacturing standards. «Read the rest of this article»

Nashville Predators visit Columbus Blue Jackets

By Hank Bonecutter | January 19, 2012 |

Nashville, TN – After a trip to New York earlier in the week,  where the Nashville Predators beat the New York Islanders on Monday, and lost to the New York Rangers on Tuesday, the Predators visit Columbus tonight for the final time of the year.  The puck drops at 6pm central from the Nationwide Arena in Columbus Ohio.

In their last ten games, the Predators have posted an 8-2-0 record, outscoring the opposition 29-20 during that stretch.  In those  ten games, Nashville has averaged 3.22 goals per game, while allowing just 2.48 goals per game.  The Predators penalty kill has been perfect in ten of the last twelve games, successfully extinguishing 30 or the last 32 times shorthanded, to move from 24th in the NHL prior to the stretch, to 12th currently. «Read the rest of this article»

Clarksville Gas and Water Extends Jefferson Street Water Outage and Road Closure

January 19, 2012 |

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

Clarksville, TN – The scheduled Gas and Water road closure and water outage on Jefferson Street today has been extended to 4:30pm this afternoon.

Jefferson Street will remain closed from North Second Street to Spring Street while construction crews continue to work at the intersections of Jefferson Street and North Second Street and Jefferson and North First Street to replace water valves and a fire hydrant. «Read the rest of this article»

Austin Peay Lady Govs Softball picked 10th in OVC Preseason Softball Poll

January 19, 2012 |

APSU Sports: Austin Peay Softball

Brentwood, TN – Austin Peay State University’s softball team has been picked to finish 10th in the 2012 Ohio Valley Conference softball race.

The Lady Govs received 37 points in a vote of league coaches and sports information directors.

Jacksonville State, which won the OVC tourney title a year ago, was the overwhelming selection to win the league title with 14 first-place votes and 190 points.

Austin Peay Lady Govs Softball. (Courtesy: Austin Peay Sports Information)

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Nashville Predators Claim Brandon Yip on Waivers

By Bill Larson | January 19, 2012 |

Nashville, TN – Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced today that the club claimed forward Brandon Yip on waivers from the Colorado Avalanche and activated forward Jerred Smithson from injured reserve.

Yip, 26 (4/25/85), has 41 points (23g-18a) in 113 career NHL contests, all with Colorado, since the 2009-10 campaign. The Vancouver, B.C., native has been limited to 10 games in 2011-12 – going pointless – due to arm (missed 18 games from October 8th-November 15th) and groin (missed four games from December 13th-19th) injuries. «Read the rest of this article»

SOPA and PIPA are bad governmental policy

By Blayne Clements | January 19, 2012 |

Entertainment Industry Should Adapt Business Model NOT Ask the Government to pass SOPA and PIPA

Clarksville, TN – We are  told we live in a free market economy driven by the simple laws of supply and demand. However, there are exceptions, bank bail outs being the most obvious. In March 2010, I wrote an article about how theater owners do not follow the laws of supply and demand. The recent discussion about the SOPA law has me thinking about this issue again.

The entertainment industry is tired of having their product stolen via a black market. But instead of asking the government to police access to these black markets, the industry should ask itself why the black market has come to exist.

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