News Talk 94.1 Local Matters

Local Matters

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.
Daily English United States Society & Culture · Education
1,509 Episodes
700 – 720

Bob Bell & TTU School Of Interdisciplinary Studies

Bob Bell meets with Dr. Steve Frye, Professor of Education, and Director of the School Of Interdisciplinary Studies at Tennessee Tech University. They discuss what the School Of Interdisciplinary Studies is, their mission, how anyone interested in learning more about the School Of Interdisciplinary Studies can contact the School, the…
25 Jan 2022 10AM 34 min

Ben Rodgers & Putnam County Updates Heading Into 2022

Ben Rodgers talks with Putnam County Mayor Randy Porter. They discuss good news surrounding the sale of the Shoney's Hill property in Cookeville, ARP funds coming to the county, and the water projects that the county will be committing some of that funding towards, as well as the state grant…
21 Jan 2022 10AM 34 min

Sam Brooks & Meet Marc Burnett

Sam Brooks sits down with now retired Tennessee Tech University Vice President for Student Affairs, and former TTU Basketball legend, Marc Burnett. They discuss his time growing up in Alcoa, TN, his family, the various sports that he played in school, as well as what some of his greatest memories…
20 Jan 2022 10AM 34 min

Tiffany Anton & The Exceptional Bean

Tiffany Anton meets with Michael and Cigi England, Founders of The Exceptional Bean in Cookeville. They discuss what The Exceptional Bean is, what the nonprofit coffee shop's mission is and who they employ, how the coffee shop came to be, as well as what the community's response has been to…
19 Jan 2022 10AM 34 min

Bob Bell & Kristie Phillips And Tennessee Tech Athletics

Bob Bell talks with Kristie Phillips, Director of Annual Giving and Stewardship for the Department of Athletics at Tennessee Tech University. They discuss the various sports and activities that make up TTU Athletics, who some of the key athletes to come through the various athletic programs have been over the…
18 Jan 2022 10AM 34 min

Ben Rodgers & Putnam County Sheriff's Department 2022 Updates

Ben Rodgers meets with Putnam County Sheriff Eddie Farris. They discuss how the holiday season went for the Putnam County Sheriff's Department, and how they handled the inclement, snowy weather that recently impacted the area, what his role as President of the Tennessee Sheriffs' Association entails, and how his tenure…
14 Jan 2022 10AM 34 min

Sam Brooks & Meet Melanie Bussell

Sam Brooks and Michael Bowen talk with Melanie Bussell. They discuss her family and their ties to school sports in the area, her time paying sports in high school, and how that led to her signing a scholarship to continue playing in college, as well as the coaches who influenced…
13 Jan 2022 10AM 34 min

Tiffany Anton & Meet Kelly Judd

Tiffany Anton talks with Kelly Judd, General Manager of Perfect-Roof LLC, and Founder of Upper Cumberland Events. They discuss what Upper Cumberland is, and the areas that they focus on serving, what led him to branch out into entrepreneurship and start his own business, as well as what Perfect-Roof LLC…
12 Jan 2022 10AM 34 min

Bob Bell & Combining Nursing And Engineering At TTU

Bob Bell sits down with Tennessee Tech University School of Nursing member Dr. Melissa Geist, and School of Engineering members Dr. Andy Pardue and Dr. Robby Sanders. They discuss the Clinical Immersion at Disciplinary Interfaces course at TTU, what it is, how it combines nursing and engineering, the role that…
11 Jan 2022 10AM 34 min

Sam Brooks & Meet James Massengille

Sam Brooks and Michael Bowen meet with James Massengille of Overton County and Cumberland University fame. They discuss his time growing up and playing football and baseball in Livingston, what brought him to Cumberland University, as well as his experience serving on the search committee for Cookeville High School's new…
6 Jan 2022 10AM 34 min

Bob Bell & Dr. Phil Oldham And Tennessee Tech University

Bob Bell talks with Tennessee Tech University President Dr. Phil Oldham. They discuss several of the new buildings that have opened on campus over the past year, who some of the star alumni from TTU have been over the years, and what they have gone to achieve in their lives,…
4 Jan 2022 10AM 34 min

Sam Brooks & New Cookeville High School Head Football Coach

Sam Brooks and Michael Bowen sit down with new Cookeville High School Head Football Coach Taylor Hennigan, and CHS Principal Max Pettet. They discuss Taylor's time growing up in Cookeville, his family's history with sports, how it feels to be the new CHS Head Football Coach, the value that football…
30 Dec 2021 10AM 34 min

Bob Bell & The Role Of Principal

Bob Bell meets with Dr. Bubba Winningham, Principal of Algood Middle School, and Dr. Melissa Palk, Principal of Northeast Elementary School in Cookeville. They discuss the prevalence of Tennessee Tech University Alumni coming to work in education in the Putnam County School System, how TTU prepared both of them for…
28 Dec 2021 10AM 34 min

Sam Brooks & Meet David Sadler

Sam Brooks meets with David Sadler, of Overton County sports fame. They discuss his time growing up in Livingston, his time playing football in college, along with his struggles with alcoholism as a young adult, and how he uses his life experiences and struggles to speak to classes, and help…
23 Dec 2021 10AM 34 min

Tiffany Anton & Meet Jess Lewis

Tiffany Anton sits down with Jess Lewis, Director of Marketing at The Biz Foundry in Cookeville, and owner of Knockout Print Shop. They discuss what Knockout Print Shop is, and the planner accessory products that they provide, what marketing means to her, how she recommends business owners approach their own…
22 Dec 2021 10AM 34 min

Bob Bell & White Plains Academy

Bob Bell sits down with Joe Matheney, Principal of White Plains Academy in Algood. They discuss the mission of White Plains Academy, what his position as Principal entails, the curriculum that students experience, and the various programs that are available to students during their time there, as well as highlighting…
21 Dec 2021 10AM 34 min

Ben Rodgers & Updates And Growth In Baxter

Ben Rodgers sits down with Baxter Mayor John Martin. They discuss the city's recent awarding of Community of the Year by the Upper Cumberland Development District, the developments that led to that nomination, new housing developments and growth in the city, and the various types of growing pains that will…
17 Dec 2021 10AM 34 min

Sam Brooks & Meet Thomas Lynn

Sam Brooks talks with former Cookeville sports legend, and First National Bank of Tennessee President, Thomas Lynn. They discuss his time growing up in Cookeville, his involvement in local organizations and nonprofits over the years, a recap of his time playing football at Cookeville High School and later Tennessee Tech…
16 Dec 2021 10AM 34 min

Tiffany Anton & Club Temptation

Tiffany Anton talks with Wendy Williams, owner of Club Temptation in Cookeville, and member of the Putnam County Election Commission. They discuss what the club and bar is, the various types of events that they normally host, why she chose to become a bar owner, the importance of being able…
15 Dec 2021 10AM 34 min

Bob Bell & Meet Tennessee Tech University's Dr. Susan Wells

Bob Bell meets with Dr. Susan Wells, Lecturer in the College of Business at Tennessee Tech University. They discuss her receiving the Outstanding Service Award for the University Alumni Association, her roles as the Director of the Governor's School for Technological Innovation and Business Leadership in the College of Business,…
14 Dec 2021 10AM 34 min
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