Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan

Rockets, landfills, makeovers: Down in Alabama Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Giving one’s life for a friend: Down in Alabama Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Back to School is all up in our faces right now, so we have an update on college enrollment trends. We also have items on counties in the red, a state-legislature about-face, and a heavy-metal cancelation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have a proposal to expand capital punishment to some child-sex crimes, a stock-trading bill in Washington and a city looking to pay parents to take their kids to school. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have Birmingham partnering with the ATF, where we rank among affordable housing, and some southern history that affected refrigeration and air condition, some things that are near and dear to everyone's heart this week. Then we'll share some thoughts on a man who pioneered refrigeration and air conditioning in our part of the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic...

Let's talk about college football whiskey partnerships, how our wealthiest suburb ranks nationally, a promising new podcast dropping today and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have a roundup of notable crime and an update on the future of Hangout Fest -- or "Sand in My Boots." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let's get caught up on some news, look at a local political trend and even revive our place-name series and talk about the history of Escambia County's name. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we'll talk about Alabama's women's prison, Trump's executive order on college sports and a lawsuit stemming from an incident at a Piggly Wiggly in Phenix City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have items on illegal immigration, public television and radio, a hot-car death and jobs in South Alabama. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we'll welcome WBRC Fox 6 meteorologist Wes Wyatt to "Down in Alabama." He'll talk with our weather reporter, Leigh Morgan, about his career, his book, and weather in Alabama. First we'll have today's updates. They'll include some really unsettling crime and some fake news going around regarding seniors who drive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let's talk about a town that's fallen through the cracks after some unsung but destructive storm damage a couple years ago. We also have a Golden Dome update and a Hard Rock hotel heading our way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today let's talk illegal immigration and concerns over another coal-ash site. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Library censorship, boycotts over shooting: Down in Alabama Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Senator Bruce Pearl?: Down in Alabama Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ICE raids, parole board promises: Down in Alabama Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Return of the GOAT?: Down in Alabama July 15, 2025 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're going to talk about a new podcast coming from AL.com called "American Shrapnel." It's all about the hunt to arrest 1996 Olympic Park bomber Eric Rudolph after he bombed a Birmingham abortion clinic. Columnist John Archibald and producer John Hammontree will join me. First, we're going to talk a little about Bruce Pearl and politics, Huntsville's growing city limits and more details on the Am...

Rebecca Griesbach of AL.com and the Alabama Education Lab joins us to talk about what she's seeing so far regarding Alabama's new school-choice law. Read Rebecca's story on the CHOOSE Act. Read more from Rebecca. Also, we have our usual daily report of stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have items on space, a leaky dam, Toomer's corner and Mac Gipson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have a big change to the parole board, a company that isn't rolling over for the UAW, and two lawmakers who are giving up their seats. I'll also be taking issue with a published ranking of barbecue cities. Closer to home, you can vote on Alabama's best unsung barbecue joint by clicking here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The tragedy in Texas touches Alabama. The UAW tries getting another foothold in the state. Some were hospitalized with fireworks injuries. A second Mormon temple may be coming. And longtime Guntersville radio personality Bruce Underwood has reportedly passed away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Executions and explosions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

School programs, Medicaid, lightning strikes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Several things we'll get to today, including legislative news on the state and federal levels, a new archbishop in Mobile, and a lawsuit over a woman who gave birth in jail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices