Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan
Start your morning with the latest news and stories from Alabama. Then, hear the stories behind the stories as Ike Morgan is joined by voices from the AL.com newsroom and beyond for deep dives on pressing topics, news quizzes and a whole lot of fun.
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March 16, 2023
How expensive it can be to build a prison; a judge striking down anti-panhandling laws; a big college basketball day in a season of success and tragedy.
6 min
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March 15, 2023
The tax on groceries, the Poarch Band of Creek Indians' deal with NASA, and the great white shark that was caught on Orange Beach.
5 min
578
March 14, 2023
The fight against fentanyl, Alabama's unemployment figures and the salaries of Crimson Tide football coordinators.
3 min
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March 13, 2023
We have an Alabama Oscar winner, two state teams in the men's NCAA basketball tournament, and the passing of business leader Jim Wilson III of Montgomery.
3 min
580
March 10 2023
A train derailment, another gun on a high school campus, and a "Love in Fairhope" reality show.
2 min
581
March 9, 2023
The slow process to name a space command HQ, a special session underway at the Capitol, and next year's Transplant Games.
4 min
582
March 8, 2023
Alabama Gov. Ivey's State of the State, raises for prison guards, and a last effort to save a really old school building in Birmingham.
3 min
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March 7, 2023
Storm aftermath, China's land purchases, and education issues as the legislative session kicks off.
5 min
584
March 6, 2023
Alabama state legislative priorities, city mayors against "exhibition driving," and Montana Fouts' latest perfect game.
4 min
585
March 3, 2023
Birmingham is spending big money sending people to a conference; some Alabama state legislators are looking to support student prayer; a genealogical society is trying to identify thousands of human remains in Mobile.
5 min
586
March 2, 2023
Ethics accusations leveled at an ethics official, a university closing a Chinese-connected institute, and a big intrastate men's basketball game last night.
3 min
587
March 1, 2023
Munitions cleanup at Redstone Arsenal, bills that are supported by the state's district attorneys, and a released inmate heading back to jail.
3 min
588
February 28, 2023
A civil case dismissed in a 2019 police shooting, more tax-filing time for some folks, and a beach-town bracing for spring break.
4 min
589
February 27, 2023
Executions, educational savings accounts and weather.
4 min
590
February 24, 2023
A couple more record highs; a longtime sheriff behind bars; more money for the Magic City Classic schools; raw chicken reportedly served for lunch.
4 min
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February 23, 2023
A legal look at testimony regarding Brandon Miller; a quadruple killing in South Alabama; The promotion of a Buffalo soldier; record high temperature.
5 min
592
February 22, 2023
Alabama basketball coach Nate Oats' comments after the Darius Miles hearing; a proposed "National Gun of America"; a missing cat with a destination.
5 min
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February 21, 2023
Audio recordings of Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed, a really, really old Alabama abortion ban that's still technically on the books, and Taylor Jackson, a female on-field baseball coach from Tuscaloosa.
4 min
594
February 20, 2023
Human remains from 1976; a big award for a film director; a clinic focusing on ALS; the Naked Cowboy's appearance in Mobile.
5 min
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February 17, 2023
Birmingham-Southern College's financial struggles, the FBI's investigation of a Walker County Jail death, and some news from the Warrior Met Coal strike.
4 min
596
February 16, 2023
Black Hawk helicopter crash, executions in Alabama, and the retirement of the Crimson Tide's first black football player.
4 min
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February 15, 2023
A new charter school is coming to Mobile; sheriff's offices are looking for funding without pistol-permit fees; Dothan's Coby McNeal took a different path to playing college football.
3 min
598
February 14, 2023
A lawsuit over a jail death, the top-ranked Alabama basketball team, and what's behind Door Number 3.
4 min
599
February 13, 2023
Alabama Power rebates, a flyover pilot and the coolest sports highlight of the weekend.
3 min
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February 10, 2023
Record exports, a tiger's passing and an NFL Hall of Famer.
2 min