Our team of producers shared some of our favorite segments from this past year.

Robert Allerton and John Gregg were gay men and partners but they could not be accepted that way in mid-century America. So they told people they were father and son. Their relationship is the subject of the book, An Open Secret: The Family Story of Robert and John Gregg Allerton.

Monticello been called “the patent medicine capital of the world,” and is home to the famous Allerton Park. This hour on Focus, we’ll talk with author Maureen Holtz about the town’s history…in pictures. Then, we’ll talk with former Mayor Dannel McCollum about his book “Remembering Champaign County.”