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
976
March 14, 2022
Downsizing to smaller houses, state gas taxes and the WWE's Big E.
3 min
977
March 11, 2022
Constitutional carry, locking up your guns, putting the Appalachian Trail in Alabama and bone-chillin' weather.
5 min
978
March 10, 2022
Legislative updates, Mo Brooks and that Jan. 6 lawsuit, and the passing of a state lawmaker.
4 min
979
March 9, 2022
We have an education budget on the move, we have an SEC coach of the year in our state, and we are better than most at Wordle.
3 min
980
March 8, 2022
A basketball player who left Ukraine at the right time, another deer with chronic wasting disease, and folks stuck, literally, at a zoo.
3 min
981
March 7, 2022
A native daughter working on NASA's Artemis program, the passing of a hall of fame high school basketball coach, and some dry conditions that are hopefully improving as you listen to this.
3 min
982
March 4, 2022
Legislative updates; political party infidelity; the invasive Joro spider.
5 min
983
March 3, 2022
The passing of the first Black UA student; a transgender bill moving through the legislature; how Americans and Russians are getting along in space.
3 min
984
March 2, 2022
Rising gasoline prices, a trip from Ukraine to Birmingham, and some spilled chicken fat on Dead Man's Curve.
3 min
985
March 1, 2022
There are Russia-related bans in Alabama -- on athletes and liquor. And one of the final school masking mandates has been lifted.
3 min
986
February 28, 2022
Surveillance cameras, a high school forefeit explanation and Ukrainian demonstrations.
3 min
987
February 25, 2022
Russia's war in Ukraine felt in Alabama; a budget passed the state Senate; a car that spent 20 years in a Lauderdale County creek.
3 min
988
February 24, 2022
Federal COVID aid falling through the cracks; a former water board leader arrested; James Beard Award semifinalsts.
3 min
989
February 23, 2022
We have the state house moving some legislation; the governor weighing in on the boys basketball Sabbath forfeit; a really big Crime Stoppers payout; and Mobile County Health Officer Dr. Bernard Eichold's retirement.
4 min
990
February 22, 2022
A rioting bill; Birmingham homicides involving teen victims; USFL vs. XFL.
4 min
991
February 21, 2022
Mo Brooks is being dismissed from a lawsuit; an Alabama VP was arrested; religious obligations interfered with a basketball tip-off time.
3 min
992
February 18, 2022
Capitol updates; another analyst for the Crimson Tide; Thursday's storm damage.
3 min
993
February 17, 2022
Export stats, pistol permits, drivers and cellphones.
3 min
994
February 16, 2022
Another lifted mask mandate; Amtrak criticism; two babies in a stolen car.
3 min
995
February 15, 2022
Alcohol at Alabama basketball games, what community colleges are doing to help the labor shortage, and a police-involved shooting death of a man with quite the arrest record.
4 min
996
February 14, 2022
Mobile's Mardi Gras parades, Montgomery's red-light cameras, Auburn's coaches and a heads-up on the weather.
3 min
997
February 11, 2022
Return of the poop trains; expansion of broadband access; nuclear power.
3 min
998
February 10, 2022
New school rules in Birmingham; officer exodus in Brookside; a coach's passing in Calhoun County.
2 min
999
February 9, 2022
Legislative action on historical monuments and drunk drivers; the death of a former Alabama football player; a new name for Auburn Arena.
3 min
1000
February 8, 2022
The Supreme Court has ruled on Alabama's redistricting throw-down; there's another school-mask lawsuit; and a woman referee is atop a most-trolled list.
3 min