Focus on the Community
Focus On The Community is a community affairs program hosted by Frank Rush.
If you have a community topic that would appeal to WFNB listeners and would like to be considered for an interview, call (812) 420-2518.
Below are some of our past shows.
Focus On The Community Podcasts

Kyle Hupfer, Chairman of Indiana Republican Party, talks about the legislative session, legislature possible curtailing the governors powers and the past election....
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Focus on the Community: Indiana Republican Pa...
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Ryan Keller, Executive Director for Thrive West Central, and Gloria Wetnight Senior Business Development Strategist and AREA7 Agency discuss their services and what they...
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Focus on the Community: Thrive West Central
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Rick Burger with Duke Energy talks about your power bill and electricity...
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Focus on the Community: Duke Energy and Bills
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Tami Silverman from the Indiana Youth Institute talks about how important mentoring is....
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Focus on the Community: IYI and Mentoring
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Bill Watson, Director of Court Services for Vigo County, talks about programs to help offenders get out of the legal system and stay out...
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Focus on the Community: Court Services for Vi...
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Tim Maniscalo with the Better Business Bureau, discuss new scams in 2021 including how new stimulus checks could trigger more scams, a Free Netflix...
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Focus on the Community: BBB reports new 2021 ...
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Alex Brown, Director of THRIVE West Central, talks about how the organization used to be West Central Indiana Economic West Central District. ...
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Focus on the Community: THRIVE West Central
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Vigo County Sheriff John Plasse discusses topics including the progress of the new Vigo County Jail, COVID-19 in Vigo County, and his personal experience...
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Focus on the Community: Vigo County Sheriff P...
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Indiana Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch discusses how the 2020 elections went in Indiana and what is coming up in the next political session. She...
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Focus on the Community: Lt. Gov. Crouch
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State Representative for District 43, Tonya Pfaff (D), discusses details on the upcoming legislative session...
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Focus on the Community: State Rep. Pfaff on t...
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Tammi Silverman with Indiana Youth Institute discusses holidays with the kids during different kind of year due to COVID-19...
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Focus on the Community: IYI on Different Kind...
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Jon Ford discusses the upcoming Legislative Session in regards to COVID-19...
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Focus on the Community: Upcoming Legislative ...
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Tim Maniscalo with the Better Business Bureau discuss COVID scams as well as Holiday Scams...
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Focus on the Community: Holiday COVID Scams
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Frank talks with Vigo County Commissioner Brendan Kearns about the COVID-19 pandemic and the response to it....
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Focus on the Community: Vigo County Response ...
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Tami Silverman with the Indiana Youth Institute talks about how to be thankful during a global pandemic and how to talk to your children...
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Focus on the Community: How to be Thankful du...
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Sue Linden with the Salvation Army discusses the 2020 Red Kettle Campaign...
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Focus on the Community: Red Kettle Campaign
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Brandon Halleck, Chief Operating Officer of Chances and Services for Youth, discusses the changes that have been made to their fundraising event, Dancing with...
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Focus on the Community: Dancing with the Terr...
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Lisa Lee from Western Indiana Department of Workforce Development discusses the New Wage And Benefit Survey and how it helps west central Indiana....
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Focus on the Community: New Wage And Benefit ...
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Tami Silverman from the Indiana Youth Institute talks about Kids and Politics in todays climate...
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Focus on the Community: Kids and Politics
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Matt Ames, Indiana State Police PIO, discusses road construction and other safety issues for motorists in the area...
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Focus on the Community: ISP PIO
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Tim Maniscalo with the Better Business Bureau discusses back to school scams that take advantage of students, going out of business scams online, political...
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Focus on the Community: BBB talks most recent...
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SafeWise has released its annual report ranking the best and worst states for pets in the U.S. Andrea Harvey is guest...
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Focus on the Community: SafeWise Annual Repor...
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Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and their The State of Obesity: Better Policies for a Healthier America . The annual report provides state-by-state rankings of adult...
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Focus on the Community: Trust for America’s...
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Tammi Silverman, with the Indiana Youth Institute, discusses food insecurity with kids...
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Focus on the Community: Food Insecurity
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Jenny Hamilton with the Vigo County Fairgrounds discusses the upcoming Full-Throttle Monster Truck show...
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Focus on the Community: Full-Throttle Monster...
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Terre Haute Mayor Duke Bennett talks about how the Pandemic is affecting the city and more...
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Focus on the Community: Update from TH Mayor
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Tim Maniscalo with the Better Business Bureau discusses the latest scams including the latest COVID-19 scams....
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Focus on the Community: BBB on the latest sca...
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This week we are speaking with Elaine Bedel, CEO of Indiana Destination Development Corporation. The HHP allows businesses in the travel/leisure/hospitality/retail related industries to make a...
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Focus on the Community: Destination Developme...
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Dee Reed with Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College discusses her new role as Associate Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and the Office of Diversity,Equity...
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Focus on the Community: Diversity, Equity and...
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Tami Silverman of Indiana Youth Institute talks about returning to school during the pandemic...
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Focus on the Community: IYI on Back to School
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Indiana Funeral Directors Association President Andy Clayton talks about how we say goodbye to a loved one during the pandemic....
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Focus on the Community: Indiana Funeral Direc...
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Abby Desboro with the United Way of the Wabash Valley talks about ‘Stuff the Bus’ for 2020....
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Focus on the Community: Stuff the Bus
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Tim Maniscalo with the Better Business Bureau talks about more pandemic related scams as well as other scams going on right now....
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Focus on the Community: BBB on new scams
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One More Voice program with the Indiana Citizen says the time to register to vote is about to run out. The Indiana Citizen is...
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Focus on the Community: One More Voice
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Max Winchell, DNR Conservation Officer, discusses summer water safety and the job of a conservation officer....
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Focus on the Community: Summer Water Safety
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Jan Hoff Recruiter, Trainer and Supervisor with Wabash Valley CASA discusses who they are and what they do....
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Focus on the Community: Wabash Valley CASA
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Rick Burger with Duke Energy discusses energy savings....
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Focus on the Community: Energy Savings with D...
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Tammi Silverman with the Indiana Youth Institute discusses racism with your kids...
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Focus on the Community: Discussing Racism wit...
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Richard Payonk with the United Way of the Wabash Valley discusses the Covid-19 Emergency Relief Fund. Click here for more information on the relief...
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Focus on the Community: Covid-19 Emergency Re...
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Tim Maniscalo with the BBB discusses new COVID-19 Scams during the pandemic...
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Focus on the Community: New Covid-19 Scams
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Indiana Lt. Gov. Crouch discusses how the state is doing amid Covid-19, what lifting the lock down has looked like and more....
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Focus on the Community: Lt. Gov on Covid-19
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Terre Haute Mayor Duke Bennett discusses how Covid-19 is affecting the city and various projects, budget and more....
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Focus on the Community: Update on City of Ter...
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Tami Silverman with the Indiana Youth Institute explains how you can talk with your kids about what is going on right now with Covid-19...
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Focus on the Community: Talking with your kid...
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Bob Grennes, Indiana Tax Commissioner with the Indiana Department of Revenue, discusses taxes....
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Focus on the Community: Indiana Tax Commissio...
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Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch discusses how Indiana is dealing with the pandemic regarding the economy, jobs, health care and how is it affecting agriculture and...
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Focus on the Community: Lt. Governor Suzanne ...
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Tim Maniscalo with the Better Business Bureau talks about Covid-19 related scams and more....
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Focus on the Community: BBB on Covid-19 scams
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Jeanette Winchester of Simple To Elegant talks about what do do when your wedding is postponed due to pandemic....
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Focus on the Community: Simple to Elegant
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Terre Haute Mayor Duke Bennett talks about the effect Covid-19 is having on the Wabash Valley....
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Focus on the Community: Bennett on Covid-19 U...
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Frank talks with Indiana First Lady Janet Holcomb about COVID-19 and why it is important to follow recommendations so that you don’t become infected...
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Focus on the Community: Janet Holcomb
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Tim Swarens with the U.S. Census Bureau discusses the 2020 census....
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Focus on the Community: 2020 Census
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