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.
1076
March 18, 2021
Tornado outbreak, another state lottery push, and why bradford pear trees smell bad.
3 min
1077
March 17, 2021
Legislative updates, rising gas prices and a happy nursing-home reunion.
4 min
1078
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
1079
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
1080
March 13, 2021
The "new normal" is a bad phrase that was never true: Reflections on a year of COVID.
5 min
1081
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
1082
March 11, 2021
Pedestrian danger, chicken sludge, a Negro League player's missing valuables and a state lottery proposal.
4 min
1083
March 10, 2021
Gambling, rural vaccinations and facial recognition identification.
3 min
1084
March 09, 2021
Colleges skipping spring break, Auburn firing back against grade-changing allegations, and a memorial for a Vietnam War veteran.
3 min
1085
March 08, 2021
Metropolitan vs. micropolitan; union vs. Amazon boycott; springing forward.
5 min
1086
March 05, 2021
The future of COVID masks, 2020 deaths, updating the gambling bill.
4 min
1087
March 04, 2021
A big Timberland purchase, Blue Cross and vaccines, and plenty of Down Under wildlife in these Alabama pines.
3 min
1088
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
1089
March 02, 2021
COVID progress, Biden and the union debate, and a kangaroo on the loose.
3 min
1090
March 01, 2021
Herd immunity; greenhouse gases; this week's weather.
6 min
1091
February 26, 2021
Legislative updates, a paper ending its print run, and a suggestion on picking a vaccine.
3 min
1092
February 25, 2021
COVID brain fog, holiday spending, medical marijuana and basketball money.
4 min
1093
February 24, 2021
Amtrak, a pair of plane crashes and gas prices.
2 min
1094
February 23, 2021
The legislative session returns, a cop's murderer pleads guilty, and a mall is coming down.
3 min
1095
February 22, 2021
Vaccine patience, Space Command HQ and Alabama weather.
6 min
1096
February 19, 2021
Pretty good COVID-19 updates, the death of a cop killer and progress on an Africatown museum.
3 min
1097
February 18, 2021
Unemployment figures, more COVID vaccine tourists, and what Charles Barkley said about SEC fan bases.
3 min
1098
February 17, 2021
A Facebook facility, an arrested mayor, mail in North Alabama and mardi gras in South Alabama.
3 min
1099
February 16, 2021
COVID-19 statistics, the passings of former Tide players and icy roads.
3 min
1100
February 15, 2021
Minor-league baseball realignment, a piece of Martin Luther King Jr. history and the weekly weather preview.
5 min