Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan

Today we have a fallen police officer, a pre-filed bill on revenge porn and a change to Chick-fil-A's waffle fries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have how Miss Alabama did at Miss America, the "enhanced security measures" at Redstone Arsenal and other military bases, a longtime Auburn restaurant that's closed and Bo Nix's wild record TD pass. Also, weather reporter Leigh Morgan joins us to talk about snow possibilities this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let's talk about animals that it's a particularly bad idea to mistreat, culturally. A second Alabama victim in the New Orleans terror attack. Where U-Haul says people are moving. Regarding the bald-eagle killing: Anyone with information on the investigation was asked to call U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Special Agent Brad Rabalais at 601-331-0292 or the Alabama Game Watch Hotline at 1-800-272-4...

Today we have Alabama's tragic connection to the New Orleans attack, what we hope is the final tally for Birmingham's record year for homicides, and a report critical of Alabama's effort to make ethics changes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy New Year 2025, everybody. We have what changes the Alabama Dental Association would like to see regarding insurance payments, some state politics and the rising count of tornadoes from this past weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yesterday we wrapped up state lawmaking for the year. Today we have AL.com sports editor Andrew Hammond on the show to put a bow on sports for 2024. Spoiler alert: We're going to lean into college football a bit. We also have items on cool weather, a missing toddler and a sperm whale that washed up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're reflect on Jimmy Carter's passing and then talk with state government reporter Mike Cason about the bigger state legislative news of 2024 (and take some peeks ahead as well). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have big road-work projects in the Birmingham area, the final days of the red snapper and wild-oyster seasons, and Russian Taylor Swift covers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have some tragic news out of Vestavia Hills, retail union activity during the holiday season, and a planned new country-music festival. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're handing out Christmas "gifts" to some of Alabama's 2024 newsmakers. How many of the references do you remember? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Detention abuse, millions to Huntsville, food stamp replacement: Down in Alabama Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

December 23, 2024 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have a crime and punishment episode today, with items on the death penalty, vehicle break-ins and a Morgan County civilian-led detainment. And also, we'll update you on a nuclear-reactor plant that has paused construction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's a story out of Fayette County where a traffic fatality that killed a father and daughter shed light on a 1-year-old in the family who apparently has been missing but not reported as such. John Hammontree's going to talk to public-safety reporter Carol Robinson on what we know and don't know. Read more on that here. On today's report we also have the sentencing in a professor's fentanyl-rel...

On today's updates we have a woman whose pig kidney transplant has allowed her to come off dialysis, an Alabama ex-doctor getting out of prison, and a crimefighting Santa Claus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have bird flu, the Choose Act and the passings of Auburn football chaplain Chette Williams and 107-year-old Etta Freeman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're going to talk about an early back-to-school next year, Rick & Bubba's finale and my quick take on Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Deportations, ordering vehicles on Amazon, a dog that might've discovered another part of a human skeleton, and one of President Biden's pardons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have things you want to keep in mind about things you see on the Internet, electrical panels and weather in Alabama. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We chat with Brandon Gaudin, a Fox sports announcer, the Braves TV play-by-play broadcaster, and the voice of the Madden NFL game. Also, we have an update the construction of a new State House, a firing at Redstone Arsenal and a smaller Alabama Power bill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's updates: We have the cased of a man accused of forcing a woman at gunpoint to exchange vows with him on church steps, honey-bee mortality and just how Christmas-obsessed Alabama is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have an LGBTQ float in a Christmas parade after all, a settlement over dancers' tips (yeah, it's a racy day by Down in Alabama standards), what Greg Byrne said about scheduling football games, and a little of what Spotify Wrapped said about the audience of this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We bring on another listener to take the weekly quiz in the second segment. First, we talk about the Artemis program, an anti-vaping measure and ... Batman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have updates on Mobile Bay dredging, Birmingham food trucks and the Super 7. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trump's tariff threats and the Port of Mobile; Alabama Senate leadership; Brookwood Village Mall's final tenant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices