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Recovery 101 With Tina Green: Meet Melody Lancaster

Melody looks back on being delivered from addiction and how it changed her life. This week on Recovery 101 – Tina Green visits with Melody Lancaster. Melody begins with her life as a child starting in foster care before going back to live with her mom, what took place 10 years ago to change her life, and being delivered from ... Read More »

Today In The Upper Cumberland: Yoga

Go inside the ancient practice of yoga with Corrin Sergio, and Hannah Price. It is believed to have originated in ancient India some 5,000 years ago. Today, it’s one of the hottest trends in America. It is yoga. More and more Americans are trying the ancient practice that provides spiritual, mental, and physical wellness. Today we go inside yoga with ... Read More »

The Scene: Meet Cookeville Painter Katie Tyler

Katie discusses her background in general art and some murals that she’s done. Join host Andrea Kruszka as she meets with artist and painter Katie Tyler. They look at what influenced Katie to start painting going all the way back to kindergarten, where she gets her ideas and some artists that likes to bounce ideas off of, and how the ... Read More »

Whence We Came: Wayne Nabors Pt. 1 – Roots Deep Within Putnam County

Wayne talks about his roots with the only place he knows being Putnam County. On this week’s edition of Whence We Came – Host John Owen begins a new series of conversations with Wayne Nabors. Wayne opens with talking about his family and the beginnings right here in Cookeville, his school days and what remembering the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays ... Read More »

Recovery 101 With Tina Green: Meet Bill Boyer

Bill recounts what led him to addiction & how he fought it to get right in life. This week on Recovery 101 – Tina Green sits down with Bill Boyer. Tina and Bill talk about addiction recovery as Bill begins with talking about what his childhood looked like growing up in mid-Georgia, how the addiction affected his days in college ... Read More »

Today In The Upper Cumberland: Elder Abuse

UCDD’s Trent Carter breaks down and discusses the growing issue of elder abuse. The National Council On Aging estimates 1 in 10 older adults experiences elder abuse. Even more concerning, the Center on Elder Abuse estimates only 1 in 24 cases of elder abuse are ever reported. More and more of us are reaching senior citizen age. That means elder ... Read More »

Whence We Came: Danny Holmes – Twists And Turns of Life

Danny discusses his life moving from Michigan to all he’s done in Putnam County. On this week’s edition of Whence We Came – Host John Owen  visits with Danny Holmes, the Chief of Police for Baxter, Tennessee. Danny and John talk about the book of Danny beginning with being born in Michigan and moving to Tennessee in 1967, remembering the ... Read More »

The Scene: Musician Andrew Buckner

Andrew discusses his musical talent and plans ahead with albums he releases. Join host Andrea Kruszka as she talks with Putnam County musician Andrew Buckner. They look at the song that Andrew heard that made him want to get started in music, where he tends to get his inspiration from when making new music, and the new instrumental album that ... Read More »

Today In The Upper Cumberland: Law Enforcement Careers

We continue to go inside the challenges of law enforcement recruitment circa 2023 This week, Putnam County Commissioners approved 92 new employees as part of the 2023-2024 fiscal year budget. The biggest part of those new staffers will come in the expanded Putnam County Justice Center set to be completed next Spring. The budget also includes additional pay for many ... Read More »

The Scene: Metalworker David Fricke

David discusses all things metalworking and helping out Cookeville businesses. Join host Andrea Kruszka as she meets with metalworker and Cookeville resident David Fricke. They look at David’s background with metalworking and how he got started, upcoming projects including one with some local Cookeville businesses, and if there is anything he likes to listen to while he works. New episodes ... Read More »