In Focus with Carolyn Hutcheson

Karen Worcester is co-founder of Wreaths Across America, a nonprofit that works with Gold Star families to honor the fallen in national and international cemeteries.  She talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about plans to wave the American flag on Tues., Sept. 7, in observance of Sept. 11, 2001, when airline hijackers attacked the United States.  The Freeport Flag Ladies waved the American flag on that fateful Tuesday at passing motorists in Maine and continued the tradition for 18 years, before merging with Wreaths Across America.

This week when Alabama Public Television's Don Dailey shares the political forecast with Troy Public Radio's Carolyn Hutcheson, the broadening pandemic numbers top the list of concerns.

On this week's Newswrap from In Focus, Alabama Public Television's Don Dailey shares with Troy Public Radio's Carolyn Hutcheson news of the death of Rep. Thad McClammy, who served in the Alabama House of Representatives for 27 years. And the wildcard is about Covid medics at the castle.

Dr. David Thrasher, Montgomery pulmonologist, reports from the front lines of the battle to save lives affected by Covid-19's Delta variant. He talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about what he sees in the Intensive Care Unit.

Jennifer Jankauskas, Curator of Art at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about "Art Connects, Works from the Vault," an exhibition from the permanent collection chosen by guest curators from the Rver Region community.  

In this episode on In Focus, Sharon Tinsley with the Alabama Broadcasters Association talks about an endowment that will help journalism students at Troy University achieve their goals.

This week when Alabama Public Television's Don Dailey shares the political forecast with Troy Public Radio's Carolyn Hutcheson, the Covid pandemic that is overwhelming Alabama hospitals 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 Covid Delta virus overwhelming Alabama hospitals with admissions. And the wildcard is about a cat who went for help.

On today’s In Focus, Carolyn Hutchison speaks with two members of the production, “Tinyard Hill” an audio musical premiering this weekend on Troy Public Radio. The musical is set in the fictional community of Tinyard Hill where conflict over the Vietnam War, the struggles of an ailing blacksmith shop, and the promise of young love come together in the two-hour production.
This is a rebroadcast of the Jun 29th episode of In Focus.

Alabama's complicated history with women's suffrage is the topic historian Alex Colvin, Public Programs Curator at the Alabama Department of Archives and History, explores with Carolyn Hutcheson in this episode of In Focus.