Local Matters

Sam Brooks, along with guest host Mackenzie Vester, visits with Kelly Averitt, a former offensive lineman at TTU. The three talk about Kelly's background growing up in Lebanon and attending Castle Heights Military Academy, what it means for a player to get redshirted, and what the TTU Alumni Weekend means to him as he gets involved with the aspects. 

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Tiffany Anton talks with Shannon Cantrell and Joe Kalis of the Overton County Chamber of Commerce. They discuss what a chamber does and how many different parts of a community it can touch, reviving Pioneer Days allowing residents of Overton County to celebrate their heritage, and why economic development is so important to a community.

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Bob Bell is joined by Cookeville High School's Scott Waites and two members of the cyber security team, Laurae Thaete and Landon Foister. The group talks about how CTE fits into Cookeville High School and TCAT Livingston, how fire walls work and the ways they keep a computer safe, and what DNS poisoning is.

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Caroline Moore visits with Shan Stout of the Cookeville Visitors' Bureau. The two talk about what the Visitors' Bureau does with things like targeting traveler to stay in Cookeville, how they market to promote international travel, Shan breaks down the structure and how they work within the Chamber.

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Ben Rodgers visits with Jennifer Wilkerson, the Putnam County Circuit Court Clerk.  The two talk about what it means for the 13th Judicial District in getting a new judge, the amount of money the county has in outstanding court debt and an easier way to collect more money, and the difference between a fee that the state lays out and a fine from the court.

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Sam Brooks, along with guest host Mackenzie Vester, visit with Dr. Chris Winningham, an avid wrestling fan. The group looks at the difference between wrestling the actual sport and the wrestling that is more of a show and following a storyline, the "Monday Night Wars" between Monday Night Nitro and Monday Night RAW, and the stardom of guys like Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson going from wrestling to making movies in Hollywood.

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Tiffany Anton sits down with the owner of Martinizing Dry Cleaning, Britt Akers. The two talk about Britt's drive to get in the dry cleaning business, where the idea came to expand within Cookeville, and what the services are Martinizing offers from laundry to tuxedo fittings. 

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Ben Rodgers talks to Putnam County Mayor Randy Porter. They discuss how well the county budgeted for 2023, the Pay Scale Committee that works to address raising salaries for city workers, and how the committee pays for the pay raises that have been requested.

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Sam Brooks, along with guest host Mackenzie Vester, visit with TTU Football Head Coach Dewayne Alexander. The group discusses the strides the team made in the 2022 season with five games coming down to one play, Coach Alexander's plan to build up Tennessee Tech's football program, and the alumni that have invested in the program and participated in the golf tournament in the summer.

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Tiffany Anton talks to Brandon Cooper, owner of Honey Baked Ham in Cookeville. Brandon goes through his history with Honey Baked Ham starting as a season, discussing the products that're offered like lunch in store and catering, and how the passion level has risen over time to making this a long-term opportunity.

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