How confident is America? A recent Gallup poll find that Americans have:

72 % confidence in our military, it’s down hill from there

52% in police

42% in organized religion

21% in tv news

28% in banks

and Congress has the distinction of what we have the least amount of confidence at 8%.

Panther is about 3 months old. He’s got a laid back personality, especially for a kitten. Panther just melts when you pick him up. He loves for you to talk sweet to him, play with  and explore the room.  He’s happiest to be next to his favorite person. Adopt him today at the Cookeville/Puntam County Animal Shelter on Gainesboro  Grade in Cookeville, just past the Hyder Burks Ag Pavilion.

Our nation was shocked to hear news of the shooting that killed nine innocent people at a historic black church in South Carolina on Wednesday. The alleged gunman was a 21-year-old white man, Dylann Storm Roof.  Darius Rucker of Hootie & The Blowfish fame and now a solo country artist is from Charleston, South Carolina. You can imagine how heartbroken Darius felt when learning about the recent event in Charleston. He tweeted: “I don’t know what to say. I am in utter shock. Thoughts and prayers to our community & those families affected by this horrible tragedy.” Our thoughts & prayers are also with Charleston and the families affected by this tragedy.

Eye doctors have some advice for everyone this summer. When you buy sunglasses make sure they have 100% U.V. protection. Oversized glasses are even better. Color or how dark they are doesn’t matter. Light color lenses can still have 100% U.V. Protection. You don’t have to spend a lot either. You can find $10 sunglasses that’ll do the trick.

Burger King Japan has created the Aka Burger. Aka in Japanese means red, and this burger is RED. The bun is red, the cheese is red and you can choose to have it with either beef or fried chicken. Oh, and it comes with red hot sauce as well. Apparently they use tomato powder to create the bright red color. You may remember last year’s black burger from Japan with a black bun and black cheese dyed with squid ink.

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. got engaged to longtime girlfriend Amy Reimann while vacationing in Germany. On his twitter page, Dale wrote, “Looking forward to the rest of my life with this amazing girl.” They’ve been dating since 2009.

Good news Janet Jackson fans, we mentioned last month that she’s releasing her first album in 7 years soon and now she’s announced a world tour including a stop in Nashville September 27th at the Ascend Amphitheater.

Here’s Escapade from 1989

This newborn baby chick seems to be wanting attention and is loudly letting everyone know, until a hand comes down and makes everything better. I guess he just needed a hug.

I just found out recently that Howie Mandel is the voice of Gizmo in the movie “Gremlins” (Watch Video Below)

Here’s a list of other celebrities that voiced some TV and movie characters.

Demi Moore was the  voice of “Esmeralda” in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”

Christian Bale was “Thomas” in “Pocahontas”

Matthew Broderick was the adult “Simba” in “The Lion King”

Meg Ryan provided the voice of “Anastasia” in “Anastasia”

Tony Goldwyn was “Tarzan”

and Rihanna was “Tip” in “Home”

Hazel is a 1 year old Rat Terrier mix. She is very loving and friendly. Hazel likes to be held, but also loves to play. Adopt this mild tempered girl at the Cookeville/Putnam County Animal Shelter.