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Find out more about the Cookeville High School Cybersecurity Team and classes.  Covering the issues that matter to you. Every weekday. On today’s Local Matters…Bob Bell sits down with Cookeville High School Cybersecurity instructor Scott Waites, and Cookeville High School Cybersecurity Team members and students Nathan Papa and Landon Byrge. They discuss Scott’s background, how the students found out ... Read More »

Learn about the Upper Cumberland Family Justice Center with Director Amy Stockwell  Covering the issues that matter to you. Every weekday. On today’s Local Matters…Ben Rodgers meets with Amy Stockwell, Director of the Upper Cumberland Family Justice Center. They discuss her background in public service, an overview of her career, what role the Board of Directors serves for the ... Read More »

Get to know the life, and playing and coaching careers of Coach Gerald Brown.  Covering the issues that matter to you. Every weekday. On today’s Local Matters…Sam Brooks sits down with Coach Gerald Brown. They discuss his family and early life growing up in Sweetwater, what led to him realizing that football was something that he wanted to play ... Read More »

Dr. Barbara Jared and Dr. Kim Hanna discuss the Whitson-Hester School of Nursing  Covering the issues that matter to you. Every weekday. On today’s Local Matters…Bob Bell meets with Dr. Barbara Jared, Director of the Whitson-Hester School of Nursing at Tennessee Tech University, and Dr. Kim Hanna, Dean of the Whitson-Hester School of Nursing. They discuss who Florence Nightingale ... Read More »

Randy Porter and Jeff Jones discuss the recent Putnam County Commission meeting.  Covering the issues that matter to you. Every weekday. On today’s Local Matters…Ben Rodgers sits down with Putnam County Mayor Randy Porter, and Putnam County Attorney Jeff Jones. They discuss and recap the County’s recent Commission meeting, the potential for a hotel at the new expo center/fairgrounds ... Read More »

Find out more about TTU Women’s Basketball with Assistant Coach Allison Clark.  Covering the issues that matter to you. Every weekday. On today’s Local Matters…Sam Brooks talks with Tennessee Tech University Assistant Basketball Coach Allison Clark. They discuss the lead up to the basketball season, and the work that the Golden Eagles Women’s Basketball team has put in to ... Read More »

Meet and learn more about each of the 2022 Putnam County Teachers of the Year.  Covering the issues that matter to you. Every weekday. On today’s Local Matters…Bob Bell sits down with the 2022 Putnam County Teachers Of The Year – Sycamore Elementary School’s Jennifer Peek, Upperman Middle School’s Charity Bowie, and Upperman High School’s Taylor Key. They discuss ... Read More »

Meet Cookeville-Putnam County Visitors Bureau’s Director of Tourism Shan Stout.  Covering the issues that matter to you. Every weekday. On today’s Local Matters…Ben Rodgers meets with Shan Stout, the new Director of Tourism for the Cookeville-Putnam County Visitors Bureau. They discuss her background, the story of her career, how she got into photography, how she became the Cookeville-Putnam County ... Read More »

Find out more about basketball and family with Chad, Amy, and Brooklyn Crouch.  Covering the issues that matter to you. Every weekday. On today’s Local Matters…Sam Brooks meets with former Tennessee Tech Basketball players Chad Crouch, Amy Crouch, and their daughter, Upperman basketball player Brooklyn Crouch. They discuss the dynamic that basketball has played in their family, especially considering ... Read More »

Get to know Kathryn Wisinger, newly appointed Putnam County Library Director.  Covering the issues that matter to you. Every weekday. On today’s Local Matters…Bob Bell meets with Kathryn Wisinger, the new appointed Director of the Putnam County Library. They discuss her background, growing up in Cookeville, what brought her to the Putnam County Library, the various special classes that ... Read More »