Moms Demand Action members join us to discuss their work to make schools safer. Students, parents and teachers are all struggling with the issue of how we end school shootings and make schools as safe as possible. Dealing with the potential for incidents both in the classroom and over social media, many young people have begun to find a way ... Read More »

TTU Professor James Akenson on how modern country music is inspired by its past. In the conclusion of our two-part series on Country Music, Tennessee Tech Professor James Akenson explains how the music reflected the people who listened. How the music tells a story. The men and women behind the music. And how you can still hear some of the ... Read More »

Once called Country and Western, today’s country music still echoes it’s past. Tennessee Tech Professor James Akenson has spent his career studying country music from a scholastic point of view. Akenson explains how the music reflected the people who listened. How the music tells a story. The men and women behind the music. And how you can still hear some of ... Read More »

Warren Nevad from MTAS explains Government Ethics and the impact they can have The Upper Cumberland Development, UCHRA, and the Overton/Pickett Emergency Communications, these are all recent local examples of how the topic of Government Ethics has come into the spotlight. Today In The Upper Cumberland, we take a look at understanding Government Ethics. Each situation is different, but commonalities ... Read More »

Bill Brinker spent  30 Days in Vietnam, 15 years after the war. This is his story.   43 years ago, the Vietnam War ended. This past weekend The Wall That Heals visited the Upper Cumberland, reminding all of us of a painful period in American history. On one hand, we seem to be coming to terms with, but on the ... Read More »

Nancy  Morris &  Carrie Brensike  Talking Veterans Mental  Health This week The Wall That Heals comes to Cookeville. It can be hard to open up about difficult experiences. Whether it is something they were ordered to do, or a life and death situation. The mental toll of fighting in a war is a real problem for our Veterans. Thankfully, we ... Read More »

Dr. Jerry Boyd and more talk school safety programs at Putnam Co School District. We can all agree that we want to protect students while in school. Across the Upper Cumberland and across the nation we look at how to make schools safer. What are the warning signs and programs in place to address students at risk? Today In The ... Read More »

50 years ago….and 6:00pm…..shots rang out at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. Dr. Martin Luther King would be pronounced dead one hour later. On the Tennessee Tech campus that April evening in 1968….Cookeville’s Morris Irby heard the news. Morris Irby attended Cookeville’s Darwin School, the African American school that burned in 1963. Leaders decided to integrate Cookeville High School after the fire….and Irby would use that step ... Read More »

An Important Week For Tennessee School Safety                                                        What is the best way to address security in schools? Protecting both teachers and students is a major part of school safety. The Governor’s Working Group ... Read More »

The Impact Of Organ Donation                                                     More and more Upper Cumberland residents are signing up to donate organs. They are gifts that can change a person’s life. We bring you both sides of the story, those who have been donors and those that have received donations on Today In The Upper Cumberland. We speak with Deborah Kitz and Billy Jarvis. Deborah Kitz is a ... Read More »