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 25, 2021
2021 US Senate race details. Excuse me, is that an iguana in your toilet? More details on Jill Biden's visit to Alabama. NCAA women's basketball.
3 min
1227
March 24, 2021
Alabama graduation rates in recent years. The real March Madness: It's Alabama food bracket time. NCAA women's basketball.
3 min
1228
March 23, 2021
COVID vaccines, free doughnuts, plans to Rock the South, and the First Lady visits the state.
3 min
1229
March 22, 2021
How crowded one ICU became, how old we're becoming, and how the weather might do us this week.
4 min
1230
March 19, 2021
A bill-passing frenzy in Montgomery, a rocket test in Huntsville and notes on hurricane season.
4 min
1231
March 18, 2021
Tornado outbreak, another state lottery push, and why bradford pear trees smell bad.
3 min
1232
March 17, 2021
Legislative updates, rising gas prices and a happy nursing-home reunion.
4 min
1233
March 16, 2021
Standardized testing, the passing of a professor and prolific religion scholar, and great white sharks tracking off the Gulf Coast.
3 min
1234
March 15, 2021
Alabama men's basketball wins the SEC Tournament, help is coming for wastewater problems in part of the state, and severe weather may be on the way to Alabama.
4 min
1235
March 13, 2021
The "new normal" is a bad phrase that was never true: Reflections on a year of COVID.
5 min
1236
March 12, 2021
Lawmakers voting on yoga, bond denied in a U.S. Capitol breach case, and what the economic rebounds looks like so far.
3 min
1237
March 11, 2021
Pedestrian danger, chicken sludge, a Negro League player's missing valuables and a state lottery proposal.
4 min
1238
March 10, 2021
Gambling, rural vaccinations and facial recognition identification.
3 min
1239
March 09, 2021
Colleges skipping spring break, Auburn firing back against grade-changing allegations, and a memorial for a Vietnam War veteran.
3 min
1240
March 08, 2021
Metropolitan vs. micropolitan; union vs. Amazon boycott; springing forward.
5 min
1241
March 05, 2021
The future of COVID masks, 2020 deaths, updating the gambling bill.
4 min
1242
March 04, 2021
A big Timberland purchase, Blue Cross and vaccines, and plenty of Down Under wildlife in these Alabama pines.
3 min
1243
March 03, 2021
Tuscaloosa's mayoral election; a bill that could affect future pandemic shutdowns for businesses and churches; and the new secretary of the U.S. Senate from Alabama.
2 min
1244
March 02, 2021
COVID progress, Biden and the union debate, and a kangaroo on the loose.
3 min
1245
March 01, 2021
Herd immunity; greenhouse gases; this week's weather.
6 min
1246
February 26, 2021
Legislative updates, a paper ending its print run, and a suggestion on picking a vaccine.
3 min
1247
February 25, 2021
COVID brain fog, holiday spending, medical marijuana and basketball money.
4 min
1248
February 24, 2021
Amtrak, a pair of plane crashes and gas prices.
2 min
1249
February 23, 2021
The legislative session returns, a cop's murderer pleads guilty, and a mall is coming down.
3 min
1250
February 22, 2021
Vaccine patience, Space Command HQ and Alabama weather.
6 min