Part Two: Moms Demand Action members continue to discuss school safety with us. Part Two of Gun Control & School Safety. Students, parents and teachers are all struggling with the issue of how we end school shootings and make schools as safe as possible. Dealing with the potential for incidents both in the classroom and over social media, many young ... Read More »
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Today In The Upper Cumberland: Gun Control And School Safety
Moms Demand Action members join us to discuss their work to make schools safer. Students, parents and teachers are all struggling with the issue of how we end school shootings and make schools as safe as possible. Dealing with the potential for incidents both in the classroom and over social media, many young people have begun to find a way ... Read More »
Today In The Upper Cumberland: Country Music Part Two
TTU Professor James Akenson on how modern country music is inspired by its past. In the conclusion of our two-part series on Country Music, Tennessee Tech Professor James Akenson explains how the music reflected the people who listened. How the music tells a story. The men and women behind the music. And how you can still hear some of the ... Read More »
Today In The Upper Cumberland: Country Music History
Once called Country and Western, today’s country music still echoes it’s past. Tennessee Tech Professor James Akenson has spent his career studying country music from a scholastic point of view. Akenson explains how the music reflected the people who listened. How the music tells a story. The men and women behind the music. And how you can still hear some of ... Read More »
LISTEN: Cookeville’s National Day Of Prayer Service
News Talk 94.1/AM 1600 brings you Cookeville’s complete National Day Of Prayer Service from the lawn of the Putnam County Courthouse. Read More »
Today In The Upper Cumberland: Government Ethics
Warren Nevad from MTAS explains Government Ethics and the impact they can have The Upper Cumberland Development, UCHRA, and the Overton/Pickett Emergency Communications, these are all recent local examples of how the topic of Government Ethics has come into the spotlight. Today In The Upper Cumberland, we take a look at understanding Government Ethics. Each situation is different, but commonalities ... Read More »
LISTEN: Overton/Pickett County 911 Investigation Calls Expenditures Into Question
The Tennessee Comptroller’s Office investigating some $84,000 in questionable spending in the Overton/Pickett Emergency Communications District. News Talk 94.1/AM 1600’s Rafferty Cleary with the wrap up: Read More »
Today In The Upper Cumberland: 30 Days In Vietnam
Bill Brinker spent 30 Days in Vietnam, 15 years after the war. This is his story. 43 years ago, the Vietnam War ended. This past weekend The Wall That Heals visited the Upper Cumberland, reminding all of us of a painful period in American history. On one hand, we seem to be coming to terms with, but on the ... Read More »
Today In The Upper Cumberland: Veteran Mental Health
Nancy Morris & Carrie Brensike Talking Veterans Mental Health This week The Wall That Heals, comes to Cookeville. It can be hard to open up about difficult experiences. Whether it is something they were ordered to do, or a life and death situation. The mental toll of fighting in a war is a real problem for our Veterans. Thankfully, we ... Read More »
Today In The Upper Cumberland: Understanding Students And School Safety
Dr. Jerry Boyd and more talk school safety programs at Putnam Co School District. We can all agree that we want to protect students while in school. Across the Upper Cumberland and across the nation we look at how to make schools safer. What are the warning signs and programs in place to address students at risk? Today In The ... Read More »