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 community today faces.

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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 city of Cookeville has taking place right now.

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Sam Brooks talks with John Pelphrey, the head coach of Tennessee Tech Men's Basketball team. They look at the playoff system for high school basketball in Kentucky wit hall schools playing for one championship,  being a small fish in a big pond and figuring how he could contribute when playing at the University of Kentucky, and John on how he talks to his players on the topic of character.

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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 Angel Investment Group that was a goal when The Biz Foundry was started.

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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, and when the seed was planted that he wanted to do administration.

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George Halford talks with Will Roberts, the CEO and President of Life Regeneration Ministries. They talk about Will's background of growing up in a military family living in Alaska, Massachusetts, and Texas, the first time he knew he had a problem at the age of 20 years old, and different kinds of addiction and the human condition.

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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 was for deciding to run for mayor.

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Sam Brooks meets with Devin Squires, a junior on the Tennessee Tech football team. They talk about the excitement the team is feeling with a new season underway, what Tech has to do this year to get where they want to be as a program, and breaking down this year's schedule that features a lot of teams that had a good 2022 season.

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Tiffany Anton visits with Terra Ballinger, owner of the wedding venue Duck Pond Manor in Sparta. They discuss where the thought process and motivation for this space came from, how Terra keeps with all the moving parts that come with the wedding business, and the "one stop shop" feel that Duck Pond Manor gives with getting to know their customers.

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Bob Bell sits down with Buddy Pearson, Supervisor of Communications & Marketing with the Putnam County School System. They talk about more background on Buddy's role as the Supervisor of Communications & Marketing, the hot button issue of truancy within the school system, and going to different schools and seeing what different teachers do for their students

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