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.
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1,421 Episodes
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Buddy Pearson & Director of Warren Co. Schools' Grant Swallows

Buddy Pearson sits down with Grant Swallows, the Director of Schools for Warren County. They discuss what he's been able to achieve from the goals he set when he took the job, how he deals with safety in schools on a daily basis, and what is different today about being…
14 Nov 2023 10AM 34 min

George Halford & Meet Cookeville Pastors Steve Tiebout & Bobby Davis

George Halford visits with Steve Tiebout, Pastor at The River Church, and Pastor Bobby Davis of Life Church. Bobby and Steve both look back on their upbringings, what we are doing today with the state of faith in our region, and where they both think we're going with faith and…
13 Nov 2023 10AM 37 min

Ben Rodgers & Meet Junior Jones, White Co. Property Assessor

Ben Rodgers talks with Junior Jones, the Property Assessor for White County. They touch on Junior's background spending most of his life in White County and what led him to the assessor of property role, discussing the transitional support he received from the staff when he took office, and when…
10 Nov 2023 10AM 34 min

Sam Brooks & Upper Cumberland Golf Pros Matt Manzaro & Lee Maxwell

Sam Brooks visits with Matt Manzaro & Lee Maxwell, golf pros for the Cookeville City team that took part in the Cookeville Cup. They discuss Lee and Max discuss their memories of playing in their first Reels Cup, how huge of a lead four points is with teammate Paul Ballard…
9 Nov 2023 10AM 34 min

George Halford & Rafferty Cleary, Monterey Depot Museum

George Halford visits with Rafferty Cleary from the Monterey Depot Museum. They touch on growing up in Kingsport discussing family being a big part of his background, some of the stories and other experiences Rafferty has found since living in Monterey, and some history of the town and what's to…
6 Nov 2023 10AM 34 min

Ben Rodgers & Meet Cookeville City Councilman Chad Gilbert

Ben Rodgers talks with Cookeville City Councilman Chad Gilbert recapping his first year in office. They touch on things like any surprises Chad's encountered in his first year on the city council, when he began thinking about the idea of wanting to run for an elected office, and how the…
3 Nov 2023 10AM 34 min

Sam Brooks & UC Golf Pro JB Rittenberry Pt. 2

Sam Brooks meets with JB Rittenberry, a golf pro in the Upper Cumberland for part two after last week's part one. They pick up with more on JB's partnership with Fly on the golf course, how equipment has evolved and different brands have come along to get more interested in…
2 Nov 2023 10AM 34 min

Tiffany Anton & Kim Johnson & Nicole Hoose, The Painted House

Tiffany Anton talks with Kim Johnson, owner of The Painted House and Nicole Hoose, manager of The Painted House. They discuss what The Painted House started as and how it's grown over the last 12 years, the group "100 Women Who Care" and it's backstory of how it was launched,…
1 Nov 2023 10AM 34 min

Sam Brooks & UC Golf Pro JB Rittenberry Pt. 1

Sam Brooks talks with UC Golf Pro JB Rittenberry in part one of a two part conversation. They discuss how JB got his taste for golf as a caddy, growing up in Cookeville and starting the first golf team at the high school, and the next step after high school…
26 Oct 2023 10AM 34 min

Tiffany Anton & Christopher Larkin, Owner Of FundsFlow

Tiffany Anton meets with Christopher Larkin of FundsFlow, a business consulting service for small businesses. They talk about what FundsFlow does for small businesses in the community, the second business Christopher helping companies market in the NFT space, and seeing Cookeville and the Upper Cumberland as a booming area of…
25 Oct 2023 10AM 34 min

Buddy Pearson & Tennessee Tech Education Professors Jeremy and Stephanie Wendt

Buddy Pearson is joined by the husband and wife duo, Jeremy & Stephanie Wendt from the College of Education at Tennessee Tech. Stephanie and Jeremy both touch on what was the driving force behind getting into education, Stephanie talks about what "science methods" are which is a class she teaches…
24 Oct 2023 10AM 34 min

George Halford & Meet Mike Lepley, VP of Friends of Rail Trails Friend Group

George Halford visits with Mike Lepley, a Young Leader with Flow Serve and the Vice President for the Rail Trails Friends Group. Mike talks about how Cookeville felt a lot like home and discovering Tennessee Tech, how he helps people find their journey and their own goal in life, and…
23 Oct 2023 10AM 34 min

Ben Rodgers & Pickleball For A Purpose

Ben Rodgers is joined by fellow County Commissioner Chris Cassetty, Vice Mayor Luke Eldridge, and event organizers Harry Smith and Patty Seagrave ahead of tomorrow's Pickleball For A Purpose Tournament with city and county government officials. They talked about what the inception for Pickleball For A Purpose Tournament was, the…
20 Oct 2023 10AM 34 min

Sam Brooks & Cookeville Cavaliers' Football Coach Taylor Hennigan

Sam Brooks meets with Head Football Coach at Cookeville High School Taylor Hennigan. They talk about the importance of going through first year experiences while building a good foundation, the thought process of running plays versus signaling them in, and the evolution of the spread offense with defenses trying to…
19 Oct 2023 10AM 34 min

Buddy Pearson & Putnam Co. Schools' Shelia Barker

On today's Local Matters...Buddy Pearson visits with Shelia Barker, the Social and Emotional Wellness Coordinator for the Putnam County Schools System. Shelia describes her position and all that she does for the Putnam Co. School System, some of the resources to help prevent suicide and the situation on suicide prevention,…
17 Oct 2023 10AM 34 min
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