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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.

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Local Matters With Ben Rodgers: Taylar Plush, Cookeville-Putnam County Visitor’s Bureau

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Taylar discusses her transition of building the store at the Visitor’s Bureau. On today’s Local Matters…Ben Rodgers meets with Taylar Plush, the Visitor’s Services Manager for the Cookeville-Putnam County Visitor’s Bureau. They talk about if there is a drastic difference in buying for Harley Davidson then going and buying for the Visitor’s Bureau, when she began purchasing product for the ... Read More »

Local Matters With Tiffany Anton: Cookeville Window Tint’s Suzy Petty

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Suzy discusses everything from a rebranding to community involvement in 2023. On today’s Local Matters…Tiffany Anton talks with Suzy Petty, co-owner of Cookeville Window Tint. Suzy discusses what led to the rebranding at the beginning of this year, how important it is to work with distributor that has a good company culture, and thought process behind sponsoring the Heroes’ Ball ... Read More »

Local Matters With Buddy Pearson: Meet Beau DeBord, 8th Grade VITAL Teacher

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Beau talks about his path to teaching & recently being named Teacher of the Year On today’s Local Matters…Buddy Pearson is joined by Beau DeBord, an 8th grade Teacher for Putnam County Schools with VITAL. Beau discusses his start in education teaching summer school, if school as a whole was something that he liked when he was growing up, and ... Read More »

Local Matters With George Halford: Meet Rick Larsen, Founder of Flexial

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Rick discusses his life from starting a business to being an author of books. On today’s Local Matters…George Halford sits down with Rick Larsen, the founder of Flexial Corporation in Cookeville. They begin with Rick’s path from Connecticut to Ocala, Florida and eventually Cookeville, the beginnings of Flexial and working on different grants throughout the years, and opportunities and other ... Read More »

Local Matters With Ben Rodgers: Highlands Residential Services CFO Chris Cassetty

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Chris’s almost 30 year career is highlighted as he announces his retirement. On today’s Local Matters…Ben Rodgers is joined by CFO Chris Cassetty of Highlands Residential Services & Jeff Jones, the attorney for Highlands  Residential Services. They talk about what was the deciding factor to make a career move from working as a state auditor to the Housing Authority at ... Read More »

Local Matters With Tiffany Anton: Meet Owner of Wink Cydney Langford

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Cydney talks about the expansion of her business & other ventures she’s apart of. On today’s Local Matters…Tiffany Anton is joined by Cydney Langford, the owner of Wink in McMinnville. They touch on what was behind expanding Wink out of its initial location, how she manages to run a spa in the thick of the Christmas season, and the ways ... Read More »