Local Matters

Sam Brooks visits with Barrett Steakley, owner of Middle Tennessee Athletics Gym. Barrett gives an update on his kids and what life was before they were around, how Barrett and his wife found their way into owning the Middle TN Athletics Gym, and things Barrett looks for when he's deciding on people to work at the gym.

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Bob Bell meets with Susan Wells and Sherry Cannon from the business college at Tennessee Tech. Susan talks about the makeup of Governor's School with things like how many students are invited and what the students do while they are here, the different types of classes that are offered and some of the professors teaching them, and how students are helped in the process of getting their resumes and interview skills ready.

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On today's Local Matters...Ben Rodgers visits with the four mayors from Smith County, Cumberland County, White County, and Jackson County. They talk about how each of the mayors do things like POs and budget amendments differently, the trash situation with the four counties and how each county handles it, and the letters of agreement and how they are structured.

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Sam Brooks meets with Jennifer Roberts-Faccinto, owner of Absolute Fitness gym and a physique competitor. Jennifer talks about growing up in Jackson County, playing multiple sports growing up but mainly softball, her coach and all the experience/roles she brings to help Jennifer, and how she entertains potential customers at Absolute Fitness.

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Bob Bell talks with Hannah Davis, the Communications Director for Putnam County Schools'. Hannah discusses what she does as communications director and the job that led her to this, how long it takes to roll out family engagement surveys and who makes the decisions based off those, how the school system communicates with families when emergencies and other scenarios come up.

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On today's Local Matters...Caroline Moore visits with Luke Ramey and Casey Lemons from Cookeville Creative. Luke and Casey discuss what Cookeville Creative is and what the services are that they provide, what it's like to stay on top of the change and technology, and how they both trained in video production.

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Ben Rodgers meets with the four county mayors from Cumberland, Smith, White, and Jackson Counties. They discuss how working with the new commissioners and how the first few months have gone, Jackson County Mayor Randy Heady talks about what his Building Committee has been meeting on, and how most counties are discussing business, first at the committee meetings then at the commission meetings that follow.

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Bob Bell meets with Ross King, joined by his dad & Putnam County Superintendent Corby King. Ross discusses what an honor does when it comes to being named Student of the Month, some of the school organizations at Upperman Ross has taken apart of this year, and going to Boys' State at Tennessee Tech this past summer and some of the memories he took away from that.

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Caroline Moore meets with ATMS Teacher Ryan Dalton and students/members of the Pickle Club Ryan Dunn, Marcus McDonald, and Caden Coulas. Ryan talks about how the Pickle Club started, meeting with such a huge number in club membership and what the mantra of the club is, and the support the club has seen from the Avery Trace administration.

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Ben Rodgers visits with Clay County's Mayor Dale Reagan and Sheriff Brandon Boone. The three discuss the growing population and tax base that Clay County is seeing, how many additional staff may be needed for the new jail being built, and Dale talks about the county commissioners that're currently serving, three that have not served before.

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