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Local Matters 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 at 8am on News Talk 94.1.

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Local Matters With Sam Brooks: Meet Mike McCloud, Owner of MMA Creative Pt. 1

Mike talks about how his schooling and life in Monterey effected life today. On today’s Local Matters…Sam Brooks visits with Mike McCloud, former athlete at Monterey High School and owner of MMA Creative. They talk about Mike growing up in Monterey and how he remembers the town from when he was in high school, expecting children to be successful while ... Read More »

Local Matters With Bob Bell: Bob Bell Heads Into Retirement Pt.2

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Bob continues discussing the challenges he met through his time in education. On today’s Local Matters…Larry Stone sits back down with Bob Bell for the second part of a Local Matters special as he retires. They talk about how different it is to work in a state that has a powerful brand like the University of Tennessee, the overwhelming feeling ... Read More »

Local Matters With George Halford: Former Mayor and State Representative Dwight Henry

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Dwight talks all things Cookeville from his first trip to how he’s been involved On today’s Local Matters…George Halford talks with Dwight Henry, a former Cookeville mayor and State Representative. The two discuss Dwight’s background being intertwined with politics and religion, his first trip to Cookeville that changed the course of his life, and both the opportunities and challenges the ... Read More »

Local Matters With Ben Rodgers: Cookeville Vice Mayor Luke Eldridge

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Luke looks back on the first year in office from surprises to current projects. On today’s Local Matters…Ben Rodgers visits with Vice Mayor of Cookeville Luke Eldridge. They talk about any surprises that Luke has seen over the first year as vice mayor, the different encouragements and getting to know the rest of the council members, and current projects the ... Read More »

Local Matters With Tiffany Anton: The Biz Foundry’s Jeff Brown

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Jeff discusses 10 years of The Biz Foundry & how they’ve helped entrepreneurs. On today’s Local Matters…Tiffany Anton meets with Jeff Brown, the president and founder of The Biz Foundry in Cookeville. They talk about Jeff’s feedback of the last 10 years of The Biz Foundry, the initiative to have an co-working space along with an entrepreneur center, and the ... Read More »

Local Matters With Bob Bell: Bob Bell Heads Into Retirement Pt. 1

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Bob discusses different moments of his teaching career and doing Local Matters. On today’s Local Matters…Larry Stone talks with Bob Bell in a Local Matters special as Bob heads into retirement. They talk about the view that Bob was given from doing Local Matters, the next step he took when he realized that teaching was what he wanted to do, ... Read More »

Local Matters With Ben Rodgers: Meet Sparta Mayor Jerry Lowery

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Jerry discusses his background from working in education to local government. On today’s Local Matters…Ben Rodgers visits with Sparta Mayor and former educator Jerry Lowery. Jerry goes over his background from being in the Navy to spending 33 years as an educator, how being a coach, teacher, and an administrator translates to being a city mayor, and what his process ... Read More »