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Education, Sports, Faith & Everything In Between Originating from News Talk 94.1 the show deals with community issues and interests that affect listeners closer to home. With topics from major events across the nation and how they impact our area to interesting people and figures from across the Upper Cumberland. Local Matters is where local, matters. Covering the issues that matter to you. Every weekday.
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Your Health & You

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You And Your Health... Better informed... Better prepared... Living a better life in the Upper Cumberland. From risk factors for stroke to healthy habits and emergency preparedness, Your Health And YOU depend on knowing what to do and what's best for you and your family. The Putnam County Health Department offers up advice and tips for You And Your Health.
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Ben Rodgers sits down with Jackson County Mayor Randy Heady, White County Mayor Denny Wayne Robinson, and Cumberland County Mayor Allen Foster. Mayor Heady updates what is taking place in Jackson County & Gainesboro , Mayor Robinson talks about sales tax in White Co. with a vote coming up in August to raise, and the incentivization for commissioner…
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Tiffany Anton visits with Tyler Buck, owner of Baskin Robbins in Cookeville. They touch on if Tyler ever thought about leaving Cookeville to open a business, was there a struggle to purchasing a franchise compared to starting something new, & how is he manages his age not getting in the way with buying land and furthering his ventures. Listen to th…
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Buddy Pearson talks with Carrin Nash, from Putnam County's VITAL School. They talk about the first thing he tells them when someone wants to know about VITAL, if teaching & coaching had always been apart of what he wanted to do, & if there are other grants that are coming down the pike to help make the learning process better. Listen to the latest …
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George Halford meets with Jenny Spurlock, Case Worker & Constituent Services for the office of Congressman John Rose. The two touch on the experience of opening JJ Jax with her mother & it being more than a gift shop, remembering some of the projects she saw during her time with Leadership Putnam, and her role today with Congressman's John Rose off…
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Ben Rodgers visits with Pickett County Executive Stephen Bilbrey. Stephen gives an update on how his term is going a year and a half in, some fishing tournaments that have been organized through the Chamber of Commerce that will also bring in tourism & business, and a budget update as the county prepares for budget season. Listen to the latest Loca…
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Tiffany Anton visits with Zachary Buckner, the Director of Marketing for the North America Division of Hörmann in Sparta. They discuss if the career change felt different to Zachary when he started with Hörmann, the company's partnership with Franklin Fixtures, and how this position has helped him travel the world to different cities and countries.…
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Buddy Pearson talks with Jason Stickler, the Data & Testing Supervisor for the Putnam County School System. Jason talks about the CERT Program the county uses allowing the students to prepare for the ACT at home, how testing affects everything through the state's Department of Education, & what we have learned on the third grade retention law almos…
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George Halford visits with Dianne Callahan, a Putnam County native & former employee at the Chamber of Commerce that now works with Heart of the Cumberland. Dianne talks about how she lived her life in Monterey all within a one-mile radius, what were some of her misconceptions or things she learned after working at the Chamber, & how Heart of The C…
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Ben Rodgers meets with Dr. Doug Young, the Executive Director for the Clay County Chamber of Commerce. The two discuss Doug tells a story about his former high school principal giving him a job as principal, his time helping prisoners in Lake County get an education through a new program at the time, & what was intriguing about taking on the execut…
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Sam Brooks sits down with former Cookeville Cavaliers football players Mason Taylor and Jourdyn Burruss. They talk about their takeaways and what they have learned over the last four years, what's going on at CHS and how they feel about the upcoming future, & both Jourdyn and Mason give updates on their futures with football at the next level. List…
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Tiffany Anton talks with Jonathon and Britney Norris from Willow Window in Cookeville. They discuss how you know when it's time to replace your windows, the importance to make the company all employees when they could use subcontractors, & designing their showroom to make their customers feel at home and at ease when making decisions. Listen to the…
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Buddy Pearson meets with Career & Technical Education Teacher Nicki Goins from Cookeville High School. The two touch on what is in a normal lesson plan for a cosmetology class, teaching her students to find their niche that can set them apart from others in the industry, & her role as cheer coach and doing different activities like the banner-thon …
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George Halford visits with Phillip Baker, a local insurance agent and a community member with a deep agriculture background. The two talk about what shaped Phillip growing up on a farm, how Cookeville's community of faith plays a big role and makes it a great place to live, & the growth the region is seeing and the challenge of staying ahead of it.…
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Sam Brooks talks to Blaine Espinosa, a former quarterback at CHS and football player at Lindsey Wilson College. They look at what he noticed most with football when going from middle school to high school, which offense he likes the best between the pro style and the spread, & how important his relationship was with Watson Brown being able to take …
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Buddy Pearson talks with Katelyn Steakley, Executive Director for the Putnam Education Partnership that supports both Putnam Co. schools and their students. They talk about some of the other people that are involved with PEP, Katelyn talks about some of the other things that kids are able to do with the help of the partnership, and how the group ra…
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George Halford sits down with the President of the Tennessee Rural Development Fund David Allen. They talk about what are some of the things that David learned from moving around as a child, how much of a real need there is for this type of work in the rural communities in the area, & how the Rural Development Fund keeps up with an everchanging env…
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Ben Rodgers visits with Brandon Smith, Director for the Putnam County Emergency Management Agency. Brandon talks about the weather radio giveaway taking place at the fairgrounds on Saturday, if they have locations pre-planned that people can go to before weather disasters take place, and the different apps that the public can use to be more than ju…
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Sam Brooks talks with Bobby Wilder, the new head football coach for the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles. Bobby talks about how fast time has moved since he arrived in December, how running a spread offense allows you to throw multiple looks at the defense in one play, and highlighting the coaching staff that he has put together including some coaches …
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Buddy Pearson talks with Olivia Tiebout, a first grade teacher at Algood Elementary School. Olivia talks about helping her first graders deal with independence for the first time, who has been a mentor from a teaching perspective, and being able to share something as important as her faith with students and teachers. Listen to the latest Local Matt…
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George Halford visits with Jay Albrecht, the newly elected Chairman for the Cookeville-Putnam County Chamber of Commerce. Jay talks about the relationship his dad shared with Eldon Leslie while with the Chamber, how a new business brings more opportunities and feeling less like a competition, the effort and planning that goes into making a communit…
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Ben Rodgers talks with Hope Vargas, the Executive Director at the Gainesboro-Jackson Co. Chamber of Commerce. They talk about interning in the Dominican Republic for two summers that led to a full-time job after earning her undergrad, Hope's life after moving back to the United States with her husband adapting to life here and coming a mom, and how…
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Sam Brooks meets with Workout Anytime co-owner EJ Williams, gym personal trainer Luke McBroom, and gym member Robert Haney. Robert talks about what his urge was to getting into the gym, that people should not feel intimidated before coming into the gym for the first time, & some trends that all three are seeing from people coming off the street. Li…
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Tiffany Anton sits down with Ashley Distefano, the owner of A Perfect Clean. The two discuss the motivation behind hiring more single moms and connecting with that base, what led to the decision of opening a second location, and Ashley talks about wanting to do the little details for her customers to make life easier. Listen to the latest Local Mat…
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Buddy Pearson talks with Chris Pierce, the Attendance Supervisor for the Putnam County School System. Chris talks about the Truancy Intervention Process that begins on a student's fifth absence from school, how his first job in education prepared him for teaching classes with kids, & what does being late to school do for a student and if it can add…
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George Halford meets with Michael Aikens from the Center for Rural Development at Tennessee Tech. They touch on if Michael ever realized what kind of match Tennessee Tech was for him, stories of how he helps or has helped other Upper Cumberland counties attract business, and the "urban exodus" that we are seeing with people wanting to get to more r…
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Ben Rodgers is talks with Shannon Cantrell, the CEO & Executive of the Overton County Chamber of Commerce. They discuss if making the Chamber more tourism friendly was one of Shannon's goals when she started, how much she handles in Overton County from tourism to economic development, and what the vision is that she sees for the Chamber Listen to t…
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Sam Brooks talks with Prescott South Middle School Girls' Basketball Coaches Rachel & Justin Vann, and 8th grade team members Sadie Garrett & Lauren Gillies. They discuss how both players having sisters on the 2022 state championship team prepare the girls for this state championship run, Lauren talks about how it works going from playing for one c…
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Tiffany Anton sits down with Shawn Butcher, the owner and operator of Vintage American Mobile Detailing. They touch on what was Shawn's inspiration behind doing a mobile detailing service instead of a shop, how having that interior space clean makes one feel about their car, and the add-ons that they offer with their packages Listen to the latest L…
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Buddy Pearson talks with Kelsey White, a special education teacher at Capshaw School. They begin with what made Kelsey want to get into special education, her rodeo background from how she got started to what she is doing today, and the opportunity of seeing her daughter during the school day with both of them at Capshaw. Listen to the latest Local…
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George Halford sits down with Jasen Knight, the Chairman for Impact Cookeville. Jasen talks about what led him to finishing college after dropping out the first time, a story on professor in college that would become his mentor, and how Jasen sees Cookeville today and where we can take the community in the future. Listen to the latest Local Matters…
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Ben Rodgers meets with Ryan Barnhart & Stacey Baxter from Highlands Training Center. The group touches on what inspired the Highlands Training Center, the different challenges both Stacey and Ryan have seen in the first year plus, and the type of person they are looking to work with every day. Listen to the latest Local Matters Podcast… Presented b…
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Sam Brooks visits with Jerry Pugh and EJ Williams, owners of Workout Anytime, continuing the discussion on fitness. Jerry and EJ discuss their resolutions in the new year, discussing some of the trends the gym has with different recovery methods, and how the gym got started and rapidly became something they both wanted to do. Listen to the latest L…
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Tiffany Anton is talks with Kelly Sullivan, the director of the Tennessee Small Business Development Center for the Upper Cumberland region. The two discuss what the Small Business Development Center is, different fears people have when it comes to managing a small business, advice Kelly has for people who do not want to a loan for their business. …
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Buddy Pearson is sits down with Dr. Teddy Burch, an assistant professor in the Communications Department at Tennessee Tech University. Teddy talks about working for the school newspaper in college as his first opportunity, some of the common occurrences he deals with teaching advanced news writing, and the book he wrote for the podcasting class tha…
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George Halford meets with Mark Odom, a Marketing and Infrastructure Consultant for the Rogers Group that has been involved in different areas of the Upper Cumberland. Mark discusses a co-op he was apart of with McDowell Road Builders, his family's involvement in Upper Cumberland basketball from Tennessee Tech to the AAU level, and the new TDOT mode…
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Sam Brooks talks with Workout Anytime Gym co-owner Jerry Pugh. Jerry talks about the growth of the gyms with 20 locations spread across six states, what attracted Jerry to working in EMS, and everything a person can expect when they walk in the gym for the first time. Listen to the latest Local Matters Podcast… Presented by Office Mart Visit them a…
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Tiffany Anton talks with Christine Faccinto, the owner of Thunderhawk Canine in Cookeville. Christine talks about her path to her career today coming from a background dealing with animals, the value of having your pets being trained, & what it was like breaking into the community when she first arrived. Listen to the latest Local Matters Podcast… …
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Buddy Pearson talks with three more members of the Putnam Co. School Board as School Board Appreciation continues. Lynn McHenry touches on the different jobs board members allows for a good mix of backgrounds, how Dawn has been able to show the ropes to some newer members, and what keeps David McCormick coming back every four years after already se…
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George Halford meets with Larry Bragga, a former educator, mayor, & baseball coach. Larry talks about assuming the head baseball coach and assistant basketball coach his first year teaching high school, moving to Cookeville to help his son Matt upstart Tennessee Tech baseball, & his experience when the program started to see real success. Listen to…
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Ben Rodgers talks with Lindsey Bruce and Kelly Fitzpatrick from the town of Baxter on the grant they are working on to improve the downtown. They discuss what Baxter offers to the public from a business owner's perspective, how long the process took to buy the properties and getting them up to code, & what the $7500 could do for the town of Baxter …
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Sam Brooks is joined by Peyton West, a former member of the boys' basketball team at Monterey High School. They begin with discussing the 2020 season when playing at Vol State , the experience going from middle school basketball to high school basketball as a freshman, and how it was different playing without his brother during his junior year. Lis…
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Tiffany Anton visits with Lisa Garcia, the owner of Cleanse Wellness Spa in Cookeville. They discuss what the motivation was for Lisa to start a different kind of wellness spa, some of the success stories she's seen in just over a year of doing this in Cookeville, and the other services they offer that have health and other benefits Listen to the l…
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Buddy Pearson is joined by Putnam County School Board members Jill Ramsey, Kerry Ledbetter, & Kim Cravens. Jill talks about where she started her teaching career and how it progressed, what prompted Kerry to run a spot on the Putnam Co. School Board, & Kim discusses her inspiration to run for school board in the beginning. Listen to the latest Loca…
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George Halford sits down with Jill Horner, the owner of Hooper, Huddleston, & Horner Funeral Home in Cookeville. They touch on Jill's deep roots in Putnam County starting in Monterey then to Cookeville, starting up Heart of The Cumberland 15 years ago & it's impact today, & different trends she sees today working with the funeral home. Listen to th…
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Sam Brooks meets with Jake New, former member for the Tennessee Tech baseball team and pro baseball player. They talk about what Jake's experience was like in the recruitment process to come to Tennessee Tech, how good the players are at that level of rookie league baseball, possible new legislation in the world of Name, Image, & Likeness that ever…
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Tiffany Anton visits with Pamela Claytor, owner of Pamela Claytor Photography in Cookeville. They touch on how she impacts women during the boudoir and pin-up sessions, if Pamela ever thought shooting magazine covers would ever become part of her career plan, and what is something that keeps her going in this type of photography. Listen to the late…
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Buddy Pearson meets with Putnam Co. Director of Schools Corby King for a part two of their conversation. Corby talks about the four new principals that took over within the county, some things that came up in 2023 that he felt very passionate about, & what we can expect to see in the next five months in the school year. Listen to the latest Local M…
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Ben Rodgers talks with Criminal Court Judge for the 13th Judicial District Shawn Fry & Dawn Fry, his wife and a member of the Putnam County Schoolboard. They touch on if Dawn knew that she wanted to be an attorney or if she was inspired to be one, if Shawn has had any experience with alternative programming, and what pushed Shawn to the role of cri…
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Sam Brooks sits down with Rachael Lynn, a junior on the volleyball team at Jackson County High School. They discuss all that it takes for Rachael's parents to support her to play the sport she loves, and different things she has seen with Coach Lucas Martin in his first year. Listen to the latest Local Matters Podcast… Presented by Office Mart Visi…
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Tiffany Anton meets with Sara Chambers, the co-founder of Privy Clear Advertising and Marketing. They look at how the learning curve has been learning about the different businesses and industries they work in, what 10-year-old Sara's plan was for her life, and the difference between a boosted post and an ad campaign. Listen to the latest Local Mat…
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