In Focus with Carolyn Hutcheson

Donna Marietta, CEO, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about the outreach of Meals on Wheels, serving thousands of Seniors in innovative ways in three Montgomery River Region counties.Volunteers are welcome to serve, using their special talents.

On The Exchange from In Focus, Amanda Senn, Director of the Alabama Securities Commission, shares with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus a riveting story of financial fraud and domestic abuse that was perpetrated against her grandfather.
The ASC stands ready to help victims of financial fraud and abuse.

The Newswrap features the "Big Story of 2023" from Todd Stacy, Host of Capitol Journal on Alabama Public Television.  He talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about the new Congressional districts, with District Two stretching from the state lines east and west, and south to Mobile.  The Wildcard was lost in space - and found! 

On The Newswrap,Todd Stacy, Host of Capitol Journal on Alabama Public Television, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about the Republican Presidential Debate in Tuscaloosa this week, as well as Senator Tommy Tuberville's release of his hold-up of military appointments.  Todd's Wildcard is a twist on the "Partridge in a Pear Tree."

Historian and author Dale Cox returns to the In Focus Storyline book series to talk with host Carolyn Hutcheson about his own quest to document the existence of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker in the river basin swamps of north Florida and south Alabama.  His classic book is "Two Egg, Florida."

Montgomery's Cloverdale Playhouse is bringing Holiday Improv and Holiday Gifts: Readings and Songs to River Region fans for the next two weekends.  Artistic Director Sam Wootten talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about the historic theater, as well as its plans for 2024.

Holiday shopping can mean hassles and headaches, so the Better Business Bureau Serving Central and South Alabama is stepping up with tips to help eliminate both.  Monde Donaldson of the BBB Mobile office talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about shopping, as well as charitable giving.

Today on In Focus we preview Troy University's annual "Sounds of the Season: On the Air" holiday show. It's the golden age of radio in the 1940s, on stage at the Claudia Crosby Theatre Tuesday night as the staff of WTSU prepares for a holiday radio broadcast. There's just one problem: the big star is missing!
Director Tori Lee Averett and TPR Director and actor in the show Kyle Gassiott join host Carolyn Hutcheson to talk about the show. Show info at: today.troy.edu

On The Newswrap, Todd Stacy, Host of Capitol Journal on Alabama Public Television, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about Senator Tommy Tuberville's holding back military appointments and advancements.  The Republican Party also is pressuring him to relent.  The Wildcard is a nod to an old soul!  Stacy noted today is Rosa Parks Day and an opportunity to acknowledge her Civil Rights work and that of the foot soldiers in the movement.

Food historian Carolyn Quick Tillery talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about her classic "The African American Heritage Cookbook" in The Storyline book series. When Dr. George Washington Carver came to Tuskegee Institute in the late 1800s, his research into the peanut helped save agriculture in the South through crop rotation practices.  Tillery shares several of Carver's recipes and recounts his impact on agricultural science in broadening food availability to poor people.