Serena is an absolute sweetheart! She’s a 1 year old Jack Russell/ Boston Terrier mix who is already fixed and likes to be in your lap. She can be a little shy, but she enjoys ear rubs and would be an excellent cuddler.  Adopt your next furever friend from Noon-6pm, Monday-Saturday from the Cookeville Shelter.

If you’re wondering what kind of fireworks show to expect at the City Of Cookeville July 4th Celebration, here’s a video from the company that will be doing the fireworks at the Putnam County Fairgrounds that displays some of the other shows they have done.

Elton John’s glasses that were stolen from the Memphis Rock & Soul Museum have been recovered. Detectives were able to lift a fingerprint and match it to a suspect, 26 year old Matthew Colvin (his pic is below) of Mississippi. The glasses are worth an estimated $2000 and are on loan to the museum from Hard Rock Cafe International.

Bugs the bunny is about a year old. He’s very sweet and cuddly. He’s the most laid back bunny we have ever known. Great with kids!  He will let you hold him like a baby. Bugs doesn’t even kick when you pick him up. He just goes limp and wants to be held. Adopt him from the Cookeville Putnam County Shelter next to the Hyder Burks Pavilion, Monday through Saturday Noon to 6pm.

A video called “Oreo Trick Shots” is going viral.  The guy in it is shooting Oreo cookies into a glass of milk, but it’s not as lame as it sounds. Some of these tricks will make you want to cheer! I’d say by how good he is, he doesn’t work and has the time to practice these cool shots.

Lite Rock 95.9 and The Tennessee Credit Union would like to congratulate Luke Hornby, from Cookeville High School, as this years Dream Big Scholar winner.

In addition to being an Eagle Scout, Hornby is a Battalion Commander in the JROTC program at Cookeville High School. This is the highest rank that a student may reach in the JROTC program.

During the recent ice storms, Hornby worked 10 hour days assisting with the disaster relief in Crossville.

After high school, Hornby is looking to pursue a career in the armed forces. He would also like to major in history, specifically military history.

Outside of school, Hornby is an active member of his church where he serves as a liturgist.

Congratulations Luke from Lite Rock 95.9 and The Tennessee Credit Union.

By Travis Fedschun

memorisz/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — When strokes involve a clot in one of the brain’s blood vessels, what is known as an ischemic stroke, doctors give the clot-busting chemical tPA.

The chemical saves lives, but leads to only two in five people attaining functional independence.

A new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine shows that in addition to tPA, using special tools to manually remove the clot may save function in more patients.

The study was so positive that researchers said it was cut short so other patients could benefit from the approach.

In the multicenter study, UCLA researchers gave 196 people with ischemic stroke either tPA alone or tPA followed by a manual removal of the clot.

The group who had the clot removal had a 60-percent improvement in functional outcomes, while those getting tPA alone only saw a 35-percent improvement.

While clot removal is a procedure that can only be done at specialized centers under specific conditions, researchers said this could encourage more specialization in this specific technique.

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