Today in the Upper Cumberland

Several Stonecom Radio team members reflect on the Tuesday, March 3rd tornadoes. On the morning of Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020, just before 2am, a tornado touched down in Baxter, and marched down Highway 70 towards Cookeville causing damage, destruction, and death. It’s been a difficult time for residents of Putnam County, and this week, Lite Rock 95.9’s Sheila Scruggs sits ... Read More »

Centerstone’s Jessica Branch discusses what it takes to become a foster parent. The waiting lists are long – foster children in the Upper Cumberland needing a home. From infants to teens, there are just more young people in the system than there are places for them. If you’ve ever considered, even just briefly, the thought of being a foster parent, ... Read More »

Ciphertek’s Brandon LaDuke helps you navigate the changing world of technology. So you find yourself sitting down all excited about the brand new product you just purchased, and then you start trying to figure out how it works. Or it’s something you’ve owned for a long time, but some company has made a change, and now you can’t do that ... Read More »

Upper Cumberland Business Journal’s Michelle Price discusses covering businesses Corporations, industry, retail, small business, tourism, homegrown business, expansion – it’s all a part of the Upper Cumberland business scene as this region re-imagines itself. Finding its place in the 21st century technical landscape where location is no longer the number one thing in business. Covering those developments is the Upper ... Read More »

Brenda Harper and Kristi Paling discuss the Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network In 1998, a Memphis psychiatrist began a campaign to focus on the prevention of suicide. That group would become the Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network. TSPN works across the state to reduce the stigma of suicide by providing facts, and debunking myths. By extension, the hope is the impact of ... Read More »

TTU’s Dr. Stephen Canfield provides an introduction to the field of mechatronics The field is called mechatronics. In our technical world, it’s all about bringing together the mechanical, and the electronic. In recent reports, 7 of the most in demand engineering jobs said the automation and robotics engineer is one of the most in demand engineers of the next decade. ... Read More »

Caitlin Davis discusses the legacy of Alvin C York Today In The Upper Cumberland Alvin Cullum York entered the world as the third of eleven children, born in a two room log cabin in Fentress County in 1887. His prominence would come after he left the Upper Cumberland, transported to the European theater during World War I. York found himself ... Read More »

B.E.D.S. Teen Outreach Center’s John St.Clair discusses teen suicide prevention. In the last decade, the teen suicide rate in the United State has almost doubled. Depression, self harm, and suicide rates are on the rise – especially among girls. For one Upper Cumberland resident, that rate increase was a surprise, and it came at an unbelievable personal cost. John St.Clair ... Read More »

WCTE’s Becky Magura discusses the changes in television in the last 10 years. It started out as black and white, and the size of a greeting card. And now many people love to watch it on a device the size of a greeting card. It is television. From three networks to the cable universe, to now content providers that can ... Read More »

WCTE’s Becky Magura discusses the ever changing landscape & impact of television The holidays are complete, and maybe under your tree you found a new streaming device. Maybe you got a new television. Maybe you’re just interested in the changing world of that device that has become such a part of everyday life. It is changing, and one of our ... Read More »