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
1626
September 18, 2019
More on the death of a Tuscaloosa police officer, a new law concerning people who show up at hospitals with gunshot wounds, something else for parents to worry about, and Heisman odds.
3 min
1627
September 17, 2019
We have tragic crime news out of Tuscaloosa, hypersonic weapons to be developed in the state, and fire warnings as the woods keep drying out.
3 min
1628
September 16, 2019
How will the fighting between state democrats and national democrats affect the 2020 primaries? We also have new obesity news, and and we'll talk a little weather.
5 min
1629
September 13, 2019
Remember the poop train? We have a sludge update and more.
4 min
1630
September 12, 2019
We'll talk business, and author's passing, pet acupuncture and beer in a college classroom leading to trouble.
4 min
1631
September 11, 2019
Nancy Worley has her say, UAB researchers find a new gene mutation, don't take your guns to ALDI, and don't go to prison in Alabama.
5 min
1632
September 10, 2019
The rift between the Alabama Democratic Party and the DNC, #Sharpiegate keeps right on going, and don't improperly dispose of urine.
4 min
1633
September 9, 2019
A lawsuit, a Senate candidate and weather.
3 min
1634
WEEKEND BONUS: The Reckon Interview meets Down ...
John Hammontree of "The Reckon Interview" interviews Ike Morgan of "Down in Alabama."
21 min
1635
September 6, 2019
The Alabama dean of students is out, a Swamper has passed on,and we have a bacon appetizer that'll get your attention.
4 min
1636
September 5, 2019
Church of the Highland is coming to a new campus, make sure your airbag hasn't been recalled, and politics went and got mixed into the weather.
6 min
1637
September 4, 2019
Metal detectors going up at some high school football stadiums, the identity of a Fort Rucker soldier who died over the weekend, and The Crimson Tide making AP poll history.
3 min
1638
September 3, 2019
The Pluto's-a-planet debate continues. The Mobile BayBears are leaving town. And Funky Donnie Fritts has passed away.
5 min
1639
August 30, 2019
We have some people wanting the governor to step down, and others not. We have where the most married folks are, why Dabo is visiting home and what has kept some kids off the playground at a Vestavia Hills school.
5 min
1640
August 29, 2019
A toll-bridge plan is out, at least for now. A robbery convict is getting out of prison, and a robbery suspect may be going the other direction. And one 3-year-old scared the daylights out of everybody by spending a night in the woods.
4 min
1641
August 28, 2019
Tragic crime, alleged crime and face-palming crime.
5 min
1642
August 27, 2019
Economic development, Barbie dolls and high school football.
4 min
1643
August 26, 2019
We've got something for political types, anyone who drives, and anyone who gets around to getting outside into the weather.
6 min
1644
August 23, 2019
Those Montgomery Democrats, bad effects of the August heat on some school kids, and a bottle of Jack Daniel's that celebrates ... well, us.
5 min
1645
August 22, 2019
It's high school football week, and we have news on a controversy at one school as well as our readers picks for the all-time best players. We also have items on the Church of the Highlands and the I-10 bayway project.
5 min
1646
August 21, 2019
American Idol, cops, cowboys and hepatitis.
4 min
1647
August 20, 2019
We'll update the increasingly unpopular I-10 toll plan, remind you of a couple legislative actions about to go into effect, and tell you where to go for your American Idol auditions.
4 min
1648
August 19, 2019
We have a manhunt that's bound to end soon, the Alabama woman who's leading the moon-lander project, and some fairly predictable August weather.
3 min
1649
August 16, 2019
Houston and Huntsville vie for space-industry clout, a legal slip in the execution process, and the pride of Green Hill appears to have joined forces with a Bee Gee.
4 min
1650
August 15, 2019
We have a scary kind of accidental shooting, although I guess they all are. Don't go pretending your dog is a service dog, especially after Sept. 1. And Harvey Updyke has another court date.
4 min