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.

News
Daily News
1201
April 29, 2021
Daylight saving time, which high schools are better than yours, and the rebel flag in the state seal.
5 min
1202
April 28, 2021
Johnson & Johnson back in action, progress with the education budget and the next step for Godzilla vs. Kong director Adam Wingard.
3 min
1203
April 27, 2021
A somber anniversary, Alabama's Census performance, another state ranking and Charles Barkley challenging your PC sensibilities.
4 min
1204
April 26, 2021
Alabama's governor signed a gender bill into law, Logano has something to say about how NASCAR races at Talladega, and we're gonna talk about the weather.
5 min
1205
April 23, 2021
A higher reward in a Montgomery cold case, an item carried 80 miles by a tornado, and conjoined twins born by C-section.
3 min
1206
April 22, 2021
Student/athlete compensation, vaccine passports, a sports official's retirement and those Tuscaloosa arches.
3 min
1207
April 21, 2021
Alabama Black leaders' response to the Derek Chauvin verdict; COVID hospitalizations; an Army helicopter crash; pushing pardons in Birmingham.
4 min
1208
April 20, 2021
Alabama's prison plan, Pre-K accolades and the arrest of one of America's Most Wanted.
4 min
1209
April 19, 2021
Jobs on the Alabama coast, mullet on the beach, and this week's weather throughout the state.
4 min
1210
April 16, 2021
The Army is testing helicopters, the state legislature is still in high gear, and we're close to finding out whether we'll lose representation in Congress.
5 min
1211
April 15, 2021
Drone deliveries, medical marijuana and sweet potatoes.
3 min
1212
April 14, 2021
An interstate tragedy. A bill declaring college athletes can be paid for their name, image and likeness. Alabama legislative session takes another run at legalized gambling. A program to pardon marijuana misdemeanors... with very few people partaking.
5 min
1213
April 13, 2021
Fighting tumors with a virus, full capacity at Trash Pandas games, and booze all the way to your door.
4 min
1214
April 12, 2021
We'll look at the Amazon union vote, a bill on how to spend money that once went to Confederate veterans, raw sewage overflows in Lower Alabama and the state's weather outlook.
5 min
1215
April 09, 2021
Counting the unionization vote at for the Bessemer Amazon facility. Passing a bill offering lifetime concealed-carry permits. Predicting the hurricane season. Bringing an elephant statue to Bryant-Denny Stadium. Bear Bryant's houndstooth hat up fo...
5 min
1216
April 08, 2021
A scandal affecting the 2022 U.S. Senate race. The UK variant taking over COVID cases. Girls flag football becoming a sanctioned high school sport.
4 min
1217
April 07, 2021
A school choice bill, a city's mask mandate, COVID money, Alabama house votes down bill making it illegal to hold a phone while driving. 
3 min
1218
April 06, 2021
Rickey Smiley on Birmingham crime. Health officials on laminated vaccine cards. Entertainment districts in Mountain Brook. Simulated childbirth on America's Funniest Home Videos. Coal miners union reach a tentative agreement.
5 min
1219
April 05, 2021
We have a couple of passings to share, a coal-miner strike and this week's weather.
3 min
1220
April 02, 2021
Another spike in gun demand, a street preacher told to dial it down a little, a bill that would limit the government's ability to pick who's essential and who's not, and an Alvin's Island shark making people nervous.
5 min
1221
April 01, 2021
Another Capitol update; a reason to not turn your COVID masks into grease rags just yet; John Christy leaving the EPA; and regular folks like us driving around the track at Talladega.
5 min
1222
March 31, 2021
How we now rank on COVID vaccine delivery, more politicians questioning the Space Command decision, one of the Bear's hats, and Auburn can fish again soon.
4 min
1223
March 30, 2021
Ivey vs. Biden on mask mandates, tally time in the Amazon/union vote, the medical marijuana push and winning on the Drew Barrymore Show.
4 min
1224
March 29, 2021
Gun bills, Amazon vs. the union and this week's weather.
5 min
1225
March 26, 2021
Spring weather batters Alabama. A journalist's own home was hit by a tornado while he continued to report about it, and check on his wife. Dollar General coming to Alabama. Auburn university sophomore bit by a shark and his arm rescued by surgeon....
3 min