President Joe Biden has declared Juneteenth a federal holiday. In Montgomery, Troy University and the Rosa Parks Museum will host an in-person Juneteenth Block Party with food and vendors.
And, Troy University is creating a new scholarship in honor of its first black board of trustees member, Lamar Higgins, who died earlier this year.
On this week’s Newswrap from In Focus, Alabama Public Television’s Don Dailey shares with Troy Public Radio’s Carolyn Hutcheson headlines about Alabama prisons. And the wildcard is about a four-footed thief!
Larry Caver, President of the Old Autauga Historical Society, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about the early settlers of Autauga County, a county that is older than the state of Alabama. This is the second of a two-part interview in the Towns and Byways series on In Focus.
Naturalist Sy Montgomery of New Hampshire talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about her experience helping raise two baby hummingbirds. Sy is a best-selling author of twenty nonfiction books for adults and children. Her new book is “The Hummingbird’s Gift, Wonder, Beauty, and Renewal on Wings.”
This week when Alabama Public Television’s Don Dailey shares the political forecast with Troy Public Television’s Carolyn Hutcheson, concern over a possible spike in Covid-19 cases following the Memorial Day weekend tops the list.
Troy University is launching a new program to highlight the importance of leadership: “Lead Change.” One recent event in Birmingham allowed prospective students to seek guidance from a dream advisor.
And, fourteen years ago, TROY music industry program director Robert W. Smith and his colleagues started an independent label for his students called Ilium Records.
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 passing of former Alabama Governor John Patterson. The wildcard is about a hero African rat, whose service locating land mines in Cambodia earned him a medal upon retirement.
Larry Caver, President of the Old Autauga Historical Society, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about Autauga County, a county that is older that the state of Alabama. This is part one of a two-part interview for our Towns and Byways series.
Third World countries lack clean water and adequate sanitation. Surprisingly, in places across rural America, adequate sanitation is lacking. Catherine Coleman Flowers, founder of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about the lack of rural sanitation in Lowndes County, Alabama. Her research and activism in bringing awareness to the issue resulted in her book, “Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret.” This is part one of a two-part interview.
Florida historian and documentary film producer Dale Cox talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about the last major battle of the Creek Indian Wars of 1836-37 at Hobdy’s Bridge in south Alabama. A re-enactment of that battle will take place on June 11 and 12 at the Pioneer Museum of Alabama in Troy. Dale Cox will portray his Uchee ancestor at the event. Two Egg TV is a source of further information on that era.
