”Alabama Poison Center Fields Ivermectin Calls” – TPR‘s In Focus – Sept. 8, 2021
As Cody Skelton reports, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has declared September 3rd as College Colors Day in the state, and Troy University’s mascot T-Roy is joining in on the celebration.
And, Host Marissa Lacey presents one of our favorite stories from this summer, now with higher quality audio: Troy University is creating a new scholarship in honor of its first black board of trustees member, Lamar Higgins, who died earlier this year.
With the U.S. pulling out of Afghanistan after twenty years of military involvement,Major General Walter Givhan (U.S. Air Force Ret.) shares with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, his experience commanding the rebuilding of the Afghan Air Force in 2008-2009. General Givhan leads the Alabama World Affairs Council as President and serves Troy University as Senior Vice-Chancellor for Advancement and Economic Development.
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.