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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.

Water woes from another city

5 mins; November 25, 2025

Could data centers cost you?

10 mins; November 24, 2025

'Second summer,' anyone?

22 mins; November 21, 2025

965 years in prison

7 mins; November 20, 2025

Jimmy Buffett still making the big bucks

8 mins; November 19, 2025

Does being Jewish hurt one's political chances in Alabama?

9 mins; November 18, 2025

The hermit hut's big move

7 mins; November 17, 2025

Lawsuits abound

3 mins; November 14, 2025

State education strides

2 mins; November 13, 2025

Britt's victory lap; update on 'The Kay'

6 mins; November 12, 2025

Alabama's Veterans Day history

7 mins; November 11, 2025

'Stay tuned' for Doug Jones

6 mins; November 10, 2025

Tuberville and non-English-speaking drivers

14 mins; November 07, 2025

Turning Point at Auburn; a coal-ash callout

6 mins; November 06, 2025

Grocery money, pot discovery, ladybugs galore

6 mins; November 05, 2025

Arson arrest, Grateful Dead vocalist, AU boosters

7 mins; November 04, 2025

A familiar situation for Auburn football

5 mins; November 03, 2025

Dauphin Island fox update; chilly weather

13 mins; October 31, 2025

Huge HBCU gift; Roy Moore's lawsuit

6 mins; October 30, 2025

Keep or drop PBS? Also, Dauphin Island foxes

8 mins; October 29, 2025

Overseas tiff's impact on Alabama automakers

6 mins; October 28, 2025

SNAP on the line; un-PC decorations

8 mins; October 27, 2025

Boyd execution; Prichard's water woes

27 mins; October 24, 2025

Trump nominees; a big cruise ship

7 mins; October 23, 2025

So long, Winn-Dixie

6 mins; October 22, 2025

A very male costume: Free speech or obscene?

7 mins; October 21, 2025

Early Senate poll; the 'Orange' in 'Orange Beach'

8 mins; October 20, 2025

Shutdown consequences

3 mins; October 17, 2025

A Turning Point for Auburn

3 mins; October 16, 2025

Cat on a shopping mall roof

3 mins; October 15, 2025

A fired officer back on the job

4 mins; October 14, 2025

A frozen cell and a fired coach

4 mins; October 13, 2025

Bodda Getta, Rammer Jammer, and more costly vices

21 mins; October 10, 2025

Banks on wheels; Auburn's '26 opener

6 mins; October 09, 2025

Rock the South; local shrimp; WIC funding

8 mins; October 08, 2025

ESPN/Finebaum; Montgomery crime

7 mins; October 07, 2025

FBI cuts ties with SPLC

5 mins; October 06, 2025

Election '26: Finebaum's decision, Marshall's endorsement

29 mins; October 03, 2025

More new Alabama laws in effect

6 mins; October 02, 2025

Federal shutdown; gun tragedy; fire warning

6 mins; October 01, 2025

Paul Finebaum and politics

6 mins; September 30, 2025

Coffee talk, 100-0, Dobb's Bar-B-Cue

6 mins; September 29, 2025

Cullman, the Colonel and Oktoberfest

33 mins; September 26, 2025

A little Alabama 'Jeopardy!'

7 mins; September 25, 2025

The runoffs are in

6 mins; September 24, 2025

Bruce Pearl, Jabo Waggoner, Turning Point USA

9 mins; September 23, 2025

Economics: The dismal science

8 mins; September 22, 2025

Mac McAnally, Choose Act athletes, drought

26 mins; September 19, 2025

Helicopter takes fire; hockey returning to Mobile

8 mins; September 18, 2025

Hot water for some teachers

6 mins; September 17, 2025

Politics: Polling numbers and the national dialogue

8 mins; September 16, 2025

A really, really old turtle

7 mins; September 15, 2025

Conversation with country songwriter Bobby Tomberlin

43 mins; September 12, 2025

Half-staff flags; snakebite rescue

6 mins; September 11, 2025

Happiness is ...

9 mins; September 10, 2025

How's your credit score?

8 mins; September 09, 2025

Breaking an election tie

8 mins; September 08, 2025

Our favorite all-time football movies

53 mins; September 05, 2025

Newspaper Carrier Day; Spacecom's effects

9 mins; September 04, 2025

Space Command is coming (again)

5 mins; September 03, 2025

State tax breaks in effect

7 mins; September 02, 2025

Conservative campuses; a 'Walking Tall' shock

8 mins; September 01, 2025

How the cellphone ban is going

8 mins; August 29, 2025

Job numbers and a historic theatre's re-opening

6 mins; August 28, 2025

Cracker Barrel heroes

10 mins; August 27, 2025

A measles case; troops in Alabama cities?

8 mins; August 26, 2025

Tariff frenzy; ref collapse; Mark Herndon

6 mins; August 25, 2025

Political battles

4 mins; August 22, 2025

DEI in ADPH

4 mins; August 21, 2025

Auburn adds to its natty total

6 mins; August 20, 2025

Best 'unsung' barbecue; alleged serial swatter

20 mins; August 19, 2025

A really big gator (and more)

6 mins; August 18, 2025

Lost in Hurricane Katrina; What's a 'Randemic'?

7 mins; August 15, 2025

Friday nights in the fall

31 mins; August 14, 2025

Entrance exams, embezzlement, barbecue

6 mins; August 13, 2025

Human remains, vape bill, IKEA

7 mins; August 12, 2025

A day to have a sense of humor about your politics

8 mins; August 11, 2025

Outcry over ICE detainee

5 mins; August 08, 2025

Bodycam footage reactions

3 mins; August 07, 2025

Rockets, landfills, makeovers

3 mins; August 06, 2025

Giving one’s life for a friend

3 mins; August 05, 2025

Enrollment trends; counties in the red

7 mins; August 04, 2025

Capital punishment for child-sex crimes?

5 mins; August 01, 2025

ATF partnership, AC history

11 mins; July 31, 2025

College football whiskey deals

10 mins; July 30, 2025

Crime roundup; Hangout update

7 mins; July 29, 2025

Left-right politics; Escambia County's name

10 mins; July 28, 2025

Tutwiler, Trump's desk and an incident at The Pig

7 mins; July 25, 2025

Illegal-immigration updates; public TV and radio cuts

6 mins; July 24, 2025

Remembering weather events with Wes Wyatt

37 mins; July 23, 2025

A town's long rebuild; Hard Rock coming

10 mins; July 22, 2025

Illegal immigration; 'potentially' dirty site along Tennessee River

7 mins; July 21, 2025

Library censorship, boycotts over shooting

3 mins; July 18, 2025

Senator Pearl?

3 mins; July 17, 2025

ICE raids, parole board promises

3 mins; July 16, 2025

Return of the GOAT?

4 mins; July 15, 2025

Hunt for Eric Rudolph; Bruce Pearl and Politics

37 mins; July 11, 2025

School's coming: Effects of the CHOOSE Act so far

29 mins; July 10, 2025

Space launches and an old leaky dam

7 mins; July 09, 2025

Parole board, resigning lawmakers, barbecue cities

10 mins; July 08, 2025

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