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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October 15, 2019
A name for the future home of the Rocket City Trash Pandas, a historic spacewalk for an astronaut whose inspirational roots were partly grown in Huntsville and a proposed no-smoking zone that's bigger than some Alabama cities.
4 min
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October 14, 2019
Alabama Democrats, Gov. Kay Ivey's health and the weather lookahead.
5 min
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October 11, 2019
Politics, dominoes and Christmas decorations.
5 min
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October 10, 2019
We have a Supreme Court no-decision on a half-dozen Death Row inmates, a teacher's rare honor, and the first anniversary of a storm that changed the lives of some of our neighbors to the south forever.
6 min
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October 9, 2019
You can now bet on horse races that've already happened, the state Republicans try to put some pressure on Sen. Doug Jones, and a blues legend passes away.
4 min
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October 8, 2019
It's been a while so Let's talk civil-asset forfeiture, a state legislator who wants to go judicial, and the import of the Iron Bowl and lesser rivalries. Or at least different rivalries.
5 min
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October 7, 2019
The body of a boater is recovered; a ransomware attack was launched on a hospital system; and cooler weather is here.
3 min
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October 4, 1019
This week we've been leading the nation in high temperatures. It's got much, much hotter in Attalla, and we have something law-enforcement officers don't really help you with.
3 min
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October 3, 2019
We have a city with no city workers, a vaping death in the state, alleged prolific car burglars arrested, and a new area code coming this month.
4 min
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October 2, 2019
How do you think Jeff Sessions feels about Donald Trump? Which of our cities do you think top a list of the best affordable places in American? And a chicken-finger legend has passed away.
4 min
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October 1, 2019
So is Decatur a sanctuary city or not? Will the dam break on college athletes making money? And a man at UAB Hospital had a dying wish.
4 min
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September 30, 2019
A former politician passes away, a current politician faces misdemeanor charges, and it's still hot and dry.
3 min
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September 27, 2019
Commercial fishing woes, an Air Force General from Huntsville in a new post, and record-breaking heat.
3 min
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September 26, 2019
How hot and dry is it? There may be new rules for getting buried at Arlington. And it's about time to get your flu shot.
4 min
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September 25, 2019
We have state congresspeople weighing in on calls for impeachment, a former state senator in trouble, a church bookkeeper that seems to be in trouble, and a man arrested in the death of a police officer facing all kinds of trouble.
4 min
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September 24, 2019
The governor is out and about again after announcing her cancer diagnosis. And we have two items that touch the world of sports, and neither one is football. So go figure that.
4 min
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September 23, 2019
We have new big cats at a popular nature reserve, Some coastal areas shut down to shellfish, and a weather lookahead.
5 min
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September 20, 2019
Prayers up for the governor, there's still plenty of concern over chemicals at the 3M plant on the Tennessee River, and we're gonna pick on how little some folks know about our government.
4 min
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September 19, 2019
The latest on the efforts to change state democratic leadership, some hot-weather records from yesterday, and the end of the road for one old, old pecan tree.
4 min
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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
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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
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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
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September 13, 2019
Remember the poop train? We have a sludge update and more.
4 min
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September 12, 2019
We'll talk business, and author's passing, pet acupuncture and beer in a college classroom leading to trouble.
4 min
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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