George Halford visits with Phillip Baker, a local insurance agent and a community member with a deep agriculture background. The two talk about what shaped Phillip growing up on a farm, how Cookeville's community of faith plays a big role and makes it a great place to live, & the growth the region is seeing and the challenge of staying ahead of it.

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Ben Rodgers sits down with Jackson County Mayor Randy Heady, White County Mayor Denny Wayne Robinson, and Cumberland County Mayor Allen Foster. Mayor Heady updates what is taking place in Jackson County & Gainesboro , Mayor Robinson talks about sales tax in White Co. with a vote coming up in August to raise, and the incentivization for commissioners that hopes to boost interests in people running for county commission.

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Sam Brooks talks to Blaine Espinosa, a former quarterback at CHS and football player at Lindsey Wilson College. They look at what he noticed most with football when going from middle school to high school, which offense he likes the best between the pro style and the spread, & how important his relationship was with Watson Brown being able to take from his experiences at all different levels of football.

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Buddy Pearson talks with Katelyn Steakley, Executive Director for the Putnam Education Partnership that supports both Putnam Co. schools and their students.  They talk about some of the other people that are involved with PEP, Katelyn talks about some of the other things that kids are able to do with the help of the partnership, and how the group raised funds in years past and all of the ways people can donate to get involved.

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George Halford sits down with the President of the Tennessee Rural Development Fund David Allen. They talk about what are some of the things that David learned from moving around as a child, how much of a real need there is for this type of work in the rural communities in the area, & how the Rural Development Fund keeps up with an everchanging environment around them. 

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Ben Rodgers visits with Brandon Smith, Director for the Putnam County Emergency Management Agency. Brandon talks about the weather radio giveaway taking place at the fairgrounds on Saturday, if they have locations pre-planned that people can go to before weather disasters take place, and the different apps that the public can use to be more than just emergency ready.

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Sam Brooks talks with Bobby Wilder, the new head football coach for the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles. Bobby talks about how fast time has moved since he arrived in December, how running a spread offense allows you to throw multiple looks at the defense in one play, and highlighting the coaching staff that he has put together including some coaches from last year.

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Buddy Pearson talks with Olivia Tiebout, a first grade teacher at Algood Elementary School. Olivia talks about helping her first graders deal with independence for the first time, who has been a mentor from a teaching perspective, and being able to share something as important as her faith with students and teachers.

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George Halford visits with Jay Albrecht, the newly elected Chairman for the Cookeville-Putnam County Chamber of Commerce. Jay talks about the relationship his dad shared with Eldon Leslie while with the Chamber, how a new business brings more opportunities and feeling less like a competition, the effort and planning that goes into making a community better.

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Ben Rodgers talks with Hope Vargas, the Executive Director at the Gainesboro-Jackson Co. Chamber of Commerce. They talk about interning in the Dominican Republic for two summers that led to a full-time job after earning her undergrad, Hope's life after moving back to the United States with her husband adapting to life here and coming a mom, and how her first few weeks went with having little chamber experience.

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