Local Matters

Tiffany Anton talks with the co-owners of Glow Med Spa in Cookeville. Kisha Heady and Sue Scott. The three talk about what was it about starting Glow Med Spa and setting initiatives that Kisha felt were important, if there was any point if either of them thought this plan wasn't going to work, and different specials they run along with why and when they do them.

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Bob Bell meets with Lisa Zagumny, the Dean for the College of Education at Tennessee Tech. They discuss her role with what she does as the Dean for the College of Education, what the the new Computer Science major offers and all the different career paths students can take, and the experiences education students get in the school system with internships and student teaching programs.

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Caroline Moore is joined by Jill Mynatt, a co-founder of El Puente in Cookeville. Jill discusses El Puente's upcoming event "The Great Chase Race", some past events the group has done and other events they have upcoming, and where most of the Hispanic immigrants that are in Cookeville are coming from.

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Tiffany talks with managing staff Jacob Farr and Jessica Mayhorn from Drake's Restaurant, a new restaurant coming to Cookeville. They discuss why Drake's chose to come to Cookeville, what Jacob wants the community to know about this company, and specifics about the restaurant like hours and what people can expect.

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Bob Bell meets with Tim Martin, Deputy Director for the Putnam County School System. They discuss how the upcoming school year looks with certain things like enrollment and if there are any schools at max capacity, what the the biggest challenge is for new administrators in their first year, more on the legislation from the state about putting an SRO in every school.

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Caroline Moore sits down with Rachel Moses of The Legal Aid Society and The Biz Foundry's Tiffany Anton. The group discusses the background of "Packs for Pints" and what it does, what exactly the Legal Aid Society is, and Tiffany's "Powered By Her" inititative that supports women business owners.

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Ben Rodgers visits with Paul Bailey, state senator for the 15th district of Tennessee. They talk about a special session that could be on the horizon in August, the most common phone call or email Paul gets from his constituents, and different questions he received as a county commissioner like when a road would be fixed.

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Bob Bell talks with Jason Stickler, the ESSR Coordinator for Putnam County Schools. The two talk about wrapping up the topic of summer school in Putnam County, the TCAP scores and different ways of students receiving those as they come in, and how a student can be scored "approaching" or "below" in a category.

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Education, Sports, Faith & Everything In Between

Originating from News Talk 94.1 the show 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.

Ben Rodgers talks to Fentress County Executive Jimmy Johnson. They talk about the progress on Fentress County's budget, a new emergency room that recently opened in Jamestown and its benefits, and what the new Ag building can host and hold that opens this next week.

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