Clay Co Baseball finds a rhythm; Cookeville Softball starts with a young team.  Every week on The High School Playbook, we break down high school games from around the Upper Cumberland. White County Softball Head Coach Jerry Roberts discusses his team’s undefeated start to the season. Clay County Baseball Head Coach Lee Boles breaks down a loss to Cumberland ... Read More »

Overton County teacher Jennifer Eislander discusses the new Basic Education Plan Governor Bill Lee’s new funding formula for public education faced some of its toughest questions so far this week as the legislature bore down into the details. Overton County teach Jennifer Eislander has spent a lot of time in the last several weeks trying herself to get answers to ... Read More »

Hear from several high school coaches at the start of the UC baseball season.  Every week on The High School Playbook, we break down high school games from around the Upper Cumberland. As baseball season takes over the Upper Cumberland, we check in with several coaches to find out how their season starts have been so far. Cookeville Cavaliers Coach ... Read More »

Learn how to prepare for severe weather with Putnam Co EMA Director Tyler Smith. March is that time of the year when severe weather begins across our region. Cold temperatures, then warm temperatures, lots of wind – they all come into play as does moisture from the Gulf of Mexico. How should your family prepare for the severe weather season? ... Read More »

Basketball season wraps up as Clay County & Stone Memorial fall in Murfreesboro.  Every week on The High School Playbook, we break down high school games from around the Upper Cumberland. The 2021-2022 Upper Cumberland High School Basketball season comes to an end as Stone Memorial and Clay County fall in Murfreesboro. We check in with Clay County Boys Basketball ... Read More »

Tennessee SCORE’s David Mansouri discusses the new education funding formula. Legislative committees on Capitol Hill in Nashville took their first in depth look at the Governor’s new funding formula for state education. We go inside that formula with the head of Tennessee SCORE – a group that wants to sustain and increase Tennessee’s growth in academic achievement. Its President and ... Read More »

Cookeville Lady Cavaliers fall to Farragut; Stone Memorial preps for their run.  Every week on The High School Playbook, we break down high school games from around the Upper Cumberland. The Cookeville Lady Cavaliers see their historic season come to an end falling 65-53 to Farragut. Upperman Lady Bees Head Coach Dana McWilliams, and York Institute Dragonettes Head Coach Michael ... Read More »

Jeff Hodges and Emily Sells discuss the UCDD’s various food insecurity programs. The Upper Cumberland Development District provides several programs to help those who are dealing with food insecurity – that is, access to quality food. Jeff Hodges and Emily Sells from UCDD are here today to talk about the options. Today In The Upper Cumberland airs each weekend as ... Read More »

Van Buren County Boys prep for State; Upperman Lady Bees win 13 games in a row.  Every week on The High School Playbook, we break down high school games from around the Upper Cumberland. Van Buren County Boys Basketball Head Coach Dustin Sullivan and players join us live to discuss getting ready for their first State Tournament berth since ... Read More »

Tennessee Knoxville’s Kelsey Ellis discusses nighttime tornadoes in Tennessee. This week marks the anniversary of the tragic tornadoes that killed 19 across the Upper Cumberland. Research is going on at the University of Tennessee to try to understand why Tennessee has more nighttime tornadoes than just about any part of the country. Kelsey Ellis is a Hazard Climatologist, and Assistant ... Read More »