Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan

Today: The acquisition of St. Vincent's facilities is nearing. Good news for walkers, joggers and bicyclists. And we'll tell you just how tall okra can get. I'll also share some election notes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have national Democrats mobilizing to try to flip a Congressional seat, a historic pipe organ back to work at The Alabama Theatre, and Bobby Allison finally named the winner of a 53-year-old NASCAR race. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's quiz day. Our volunteer today is Alabama Democratic Party Vice Chair Tabitha Isner. First, we have a change at Birmingham Police Department, more bad healthcare news for rural areas, and the largest prime number known to mankind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode: Frustrations with the parole board, updates on the $1.25 billion prison, Phenix City plant, Vanderbilt's goalposts, Garth Brooks, election threat and more pickleball courts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have a VA commissioner removed, medical marijuana still languishing, a mayor's passing, the Amtrak groundbreaking and a look at political polling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today: Briefs on nervous migrants, Amtrak groundbreaking, Neyland Stadium and a kiddie roller coaster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today: Early voting, reckless discharge of firearms, a Clean Air Act violation and a longtime Mobile news anchor's passing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

But it's dry. We're gonna talk about that in a bit. Also, a convicted murderer was put to death. A man's accused of taking over a social media account and driving up the price of bitcoin. We also have a big change to next year's Hangout Fest, and the story behind that "I Hate Tennessee" video. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The arrest in the Birmingham mass shooting, more on voter rolls, and another church taking the Methodists to court. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reporter Sarah Whites-Koditschek joins us on the podcast today. She was at the U.S. Supreme Court last week for arguments in a case involving Alabama's bogged down and backed up unemployment system. Also, we have a case with redlining allegations, another regarding voter rolls, and who the headlining act will be at MoonPie over Mobile. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have an update on third-grade reading, a college marching band invited to next year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, a "Scariest House in America" candidate and weather with Leigh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have a few minutes of the Congressional District 2 debate for you. But first, we have briefs on Lilly Ledbetter, a Gov. Ivey executive order being put on a shelf by some, and a heavenly body that passes our way every 80,000 years or so. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're going to talk about an IV-fluid shortage, education money and James Spann. And we're gonna take a news-review quiz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today let's talk about the state's dental problems, West Nile virus and a mummy. CLICK HERE FOR WAYS TO HELP THOSE FLEEING HURRICANE MILTON Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lets talk about Hurricane Milton evacuees, genetic testing and the governor on the federal migrant program. Plus, we'll let you know a few things race fans left behind this past weekend's Talladega Superspeedway. And Ike will offer his thoughts on the recent passing of 1970s icons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have an IVF lawsuit update, a missing Ohio woman likely in our state, calls for a police chief's removal, a Stephen King movie filmed in Mobile, and the race for a high school coaching record. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today let's talk about the cost of celebrating an upset, how our cities ranked in an entrepreneurship study, and a 90s boxing phenom wants Mike Tyson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today is quiz day, and we have another listener on to sit in the Down in Alabama hot seat. Also, we have an update on the Alabama Power solar fees lawsuit, an update on the longshoremen's strike, and what Triumph the Insult Comic Dog said to Sen. Katie Britt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have a new medical treatment, some DNA evidence creating questions in a Death Row case, a law that kept a city from lowering a grocery tax, the NCAA tournament returning and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we're going to go a little deeper into the dockworkers' strike. We'll hear from an Alabama union official with his take and let you know what some of the state folks on the other side of the issue are saying. That'll be in a few minutes. First, we have results on a State House election, how long it took to finish a 650-mile kayak race, and how much Birmingham might add to its funding of the...

Today we have a vote for a state House seat, a VP debate with an Alabama voice in the spin room, our National Guard helping out in North Carolina and praise for our business climate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ongoing impacts of Helene, efforts to purge the voter rolls, a 101-year-old building that's been condemned, and who was hanging out with Donald Trump at the Alabama-Georgia game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have another nitrogen execution, a mayor in Washington, Pornhub's big block, and another listener takes the quiz. You can find “Down in Alabama” wherever you get your podcasts, including these places: Apple podcast page YouTube podcast page Spotify podcast page Alexa skill page on Amazon Amazon Music podcast page Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, momentum for a Glock-switch ban, Birmingham-Southern's buyer, a mayor's announcement and Donald Trump's very un-billionaire-like food order for Saturday's ballgame. Today's guest, Joe Crowe, will tell us about Alabama Comic Con and the local rasslin' scene. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we'll look at pregnancy-related arrests, absentee-ballot law and illegal shrimping. After the break we'll talk Pulitzer prizes, Birmingham crime and more with AL.com columnist John Archibald. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices