In Focus with Carolyn Hutcheson

This week when Alabama Public Television's Don Dailey shares the political forecast with Troy Public Radio's Carolyn Hutcheson, the pandemic numbers continue to strain the health care system after the holiday gatherings.

On this week's Newswrap from In Focus, Alabama Public Television's Don Dailey shares with Troy Public Radio's Carolyn Hutcheson headlines about the recent Trump rally, which turned violent at the nation's capitol. Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks denies his rally speech inflamed the participants. Alabama's Republican congressional representatives voted against impeachment of President Trump, while Democratic Congresswoman Terri Sewell voted for it. The wildcard serves up a tasty piece of cake that reminds us to take the COVID-19 vaccine shots.

Art collector and Georgia attorney Stephen Humphreys talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about contemporary art of Vietnam. Humphreys has traveled extensively in Vietnam, meeting artists and collecting their work. His exhibition, "Faces of Vietnam," is featured at the Troy University International Arts Center through January 24.

This week when Alabama Public Television's Don Dailey shares the political forecast with Troy Public Radio's Carolyn Hutcheson, starting with a correction in the Jan. 8 Weekly Newswrap, The top stories were theaftermath of the Jan. 6 mob violence at the U.S. Capitol and the spike in Covid-19 cases post-holidays.

On this week's Newswrap from In Focus, Alabama Public Television's Don Dailey shares with Troy Public Radio's Carolyn Hutcheson headlines about Wednesday's mob break-in at the U.S. Capitol. One Alabamian died of a medical emergency while at the scene. The Wildcard is about "toilet wine" being made at a Rainsville wastewater treatment plant. (NOTE: As we understand it the wine making operations were completely separate from the wastewater treatment.)

Historian Mike Bunn, author of "Fourteenth Colony, The Forgotten Story of the Gulf South during America's Revolutionary Era," talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about how Alabama's borders came about. Bunn is director of Historic Blakeley State Park in Spanish Fort, Alabama.

Verne Speirs, Criminal Division Chief and Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about crimes and gun violence. In Fiscal year 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice charged more than 14,000 defendants with firearms-related crimes, and the Middle District of Alabama brought 78 cases. This is part one of a two-part interview.

Stories of "Alabama's Historic Bells" are shared with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson by Thomas Kaufmann, supervisor of the architecture library at Tuskegee University and author of the book of the same title. Alabama's bells have links to the American Revolution and Paul Revere.

This week when Alabama Public Television's Don Dailey shares the political forecast with Troy Public Radio's Carolyn Hutcheson, the upcoming Christmas holidays are of special concern for a Coronavirus surge, despite the arrival in Alabama of vaccines.

On this week's Newswrap from In Focus, Alabama Public Television's Don Dailey shares with Troy Public Radio's Carolyn Hutcheson headlines about the Alabama uptick in Coronavirus cases and the arrival of vaccines. Don also recaps the Electoral College votes and brings us a wildcard about a Christmas-colored puppy.