This week when Alabama Public Television's Don Dailey shares the political forecast with Troy Public Radio's Carolyn Hutcheson, starting with a correction in the Jan. 8 Weekly Newswrap, The top stories were the

On this week's Newswrap from In Focus, Alabama Public Television's Don Dailey shares with Troy Public Radio's Carolyn Hutcheson headlines about Wednesday's mob break-in at the U.S. Capitol. One Alabamian died of a medical emergency while at the scene. The Wildcard is about "toilet wine" being made at a Rainsville wastewater treatment plant. (NOTE: As we understand it the wine making operations were completely separate from the wastewater treatment.)

Historian Mike Bunn, author of "Fourteenth Colony, The Forgotten Story of the Gulf South during America's Revolutionary Era," talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about how Alabama's borders came about. Bunn is director of Historic Blakeley State Park in Spanish Fort, Alabama.

Verne Speirs, Criminal Division Chief and Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about crimes and gun violence. In Fiscal year 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice charged more than 14,000 defendants with firearms-related crimes, and the Middle District of Alabama brought 78 cases. This is part one of a two-part interview.

Stories of "Alabama's Historic Bells" are shared with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson by Thomas Kaufmann, supervisor of the architecture library at Tuskegee University and author of the book of the same title. Alabama's bells have links to the American Revolution and Paul Revere.

This week when Alabama Public Television's Don Dailey shares the political forecast with Troy Public Radio's Carolyn Hutcheson, the upcoming Christmas holidays are of special concern for a Coronavirus surge, despite the arrival in Alabama of vaccines.

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 Alabama uptick in Coronavirus cases and the arrival of vaccines. Don also recaps the Electoral College votes and brings us a wildcard about a Christmas-colored puppy.

Opelika astronomer and science educator Larry Krumenaker talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about the December 21 Grand Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in the western sky. He also ties celestial conjunctions to the legendary Christmas Star. Dr. Krumenaker is credited with the discovery of the Milky Way's only known microquasar in 1973.

Federally licensed Master Bird Bander Fred Bassett is seeing a surge in wintering hummingbirds in the Southeast this year. He talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about his research. Fred Bassett has named our radio listeners "citizen scientists" because of their participation in his winter bandings and subsequent ornithological reports.

The fallout from the pandemic is dealing a blow to renters, some of whom face pending evictions by Dec. 31st. Attorney Kimberly Hobbs, Executive Director of the Central Alabama Fair Housing Center, talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about the issues and possible remedies - a Stimulus Package and use of Alabama's Cares funds.