In Focus with Carolyn Hutcheson

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 Special Session on Reapportionment in the Alabama Legislature. And the wildcard is about a hiker who's lost in more ways than one.

Crime reporter Jeremy Gray talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about the women associated with crime in Alabama's history.  His book, "Wicked Women in Alabama," published by the History Press,describes the cases that became the most notorious.

Alabama State Senator Randy Price of Opelika serves District 13 in the Legislature, and in 2020 he narrowly missed dying of the Covid-19 virus.  In this part two of his interview, Senator Price talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about his six-month Covid ordeal and his subsequent recovery.

Alabama State Senator Randy Price of District 13 talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about his experience narrowly avoiding death from Covid-19.  This is part one of a two-part interview, continuing on Oct. 27.

This week when Alabama Public Television's Don Dailey shares the political forecast with Troy Public Radio's Carolyn Hutcheson, the Special Session of the Alabama Legislature tops the list.

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 entry of decorated military veteran Mike Durant, the survivor of the Battle of Mogadishu, into the race for the U.S. Senate. And the wildcard is about a meteorite that echoes an earlier strike in Alabama.

Former NPR journalist Sarah Chayes covered the fall of the Taliban in 2001, then spent a decade trying to help the economy  through a cooperative she established, and became an advisor to the Pentagon and Chairman Mike Mullen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.  Sarah Chayes talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about the Taliban's roots in Pakistan and how the group took hold in Afghanistan. 

Teresa Paglione's family has been making apple butter for generations, dating back to the 1830s.  She shares the recipe with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson and previews the Oct. 23rd Loachapoka Pioneer Day in east Alabama.  Teresa is Vice-President of the Lee County Historical Society and Newsletter Editor for the Alabama Archaeological Society. 

George Washington Carver was one of the foremost agricultural scientists and inventors of the twentieth century.  John Pickle, Jr.'s father was mentored by Dr. Carver as one of his fifty boys ("adopted sons").  John Pickle talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about their relationship, as documented in his book, "One of His Boys, The Letters of Johnnie Pickle and His Mentor, George W. Carver." Carver used those friendships to smooth relations between the races.

This week when Alabama Public Television's Don Dailey shares the political forecast with Troy Public Radio's Carolyn Hutcheson, the topic of medical cannabis tops the list.