Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan

Today: a leadership change related to the world's largest rocket factory, a settlement with Mercedes and an alleged illegal surprise in some kindergartners' candy bags. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have some capital punishment facts and figures, the end of the oyster and red snapper seasons, and a message from the TSA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Christmas week so we'll talk about Christmas weather and the growth of Christmas tree farms. And we have the passing of a Birmingham ballplayer who longtime Braves fans will remember. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sports reporter Matt Stahl will give us an unusual take on the college football postseason and what it should or shouldn't look like. We'll also talk about Alabama's playoff game today at Oklahoma. Click here for more reporting from Matt Stahl Also, the suspect in the mass shooting that killed Ella Cook was found and identified. We'll let you know why Space Force flags are flying and how some stat...

We're down to one famously sports-related statewide political candidate. We'll tick off the ones that've decided not to run and give you the latest on the one who has stayed on. Also, we have updates on some conservation land, homeless-camp teardowns and L.L. Bean. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have the shooting death of a well-known TV sports reporter Christina Chambers, a canceled diversity policy at a water board, and an update on that Moody High football celebration that landed the program in hot water. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we talk about the moon, DEI and why flags are lowered this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's briefing, Alabama lost one of its on in the Brown University shooting on Saturday. Medical cannabis is still a thing here, just taking a while to roll out. And there are sports updates on Philip Rivers and Kalen DeBoer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Includes news updates on Fannie Mae, the West Alabama Corridor and a space-freezer contract. Then for a second segment today we have reporter Rebecca Griesbach back to talk about her time here covering education and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on the briefing we'll talk about what Alabama Congressman Mike Rogers thinks about the military's Caribbean double-tap, a big award for a Pike County teacher, and another scam heads-up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let's talk about a pharmaceutical producer making a big footprint in the state, cigars getting folks in trouble, an aunt looking for help for her sister's baby, and something about the word "football." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let's talk about online sales tax, immigration enforcement and why Hangout will chill out in 2026. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have an apparent end to the Islamic Academy of Alabama's effort to move from Homewood to Hoover, we have something the Crimson Tide hopes holds true in the fast-changing world of college football, and we have what our Spotify Wrapped said about you. Or some of you, at least. Click here to vote on the best Christmas display in north Alabama Click here to vote on the best Christmas display...

Today we're going to check in with weather reporter Leigh Morgan as we begin the winter season and also talk about how accurate this year's hurricane-season forecast was. In today's report we also have early Amtrak success on the Gulf Coast, human remains finally identified, and a really big house. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have some economy numbers, the continuation of a high school football dynasty and a house full of monkeys. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have updates today on Paul Finebaum, Forbes' 30 Under 30, sin cities, a new entertainment district and Ann Bedsole. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's report includes Tuberville on filibusters, the millions of reasons a new Auburn coach might get excited, rainy weather and Mardi Gras horses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back from the long weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have a woman accused of trying to kill her husband, what happened to some big plans at the home of the Trash Pandas, an update on Nick Saban's automobile-selling career, and a pair of Canadians impressed by some good Alabama manners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's report we have some things that science tells us about being thankful. We also have a couple confirmed tornadoes and the passing of a longtime news photographer whose shot of two legendary coaches at a hunting lodge has probably been seen by nearly everybody in the state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A nonprofit advocacy group responds to Alabama Power's plan to freeze rates for a couple years, Roy Wood Jr. has a new gig, and this past weekend a Cincinnati Bengal did what no place kicker from Alabama has ever done in the NFL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have a bad water situation in a Black Belt town, maybe a flat power bill for a while, and Iron Bowl bulletin-board material. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on the briefing we talk about the big data centers coming into the state, two UAB football players who were stabbed over the weekend, what we might expect in the governor's race after Doug Jones entered the field, and a new boll weevil statue in Enterprise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Toward the end of the show we'll take the Alabama News Quiz. First, we have news items on the warm weather, the Chamber of Commerce on tariffs, some head-butting over the hiring of a new CEO at a regional water system and Southern Living's Southerner of the Year. Click here for more on Alabama real estate trends and Ramsey Archibald's data reporting Click here for more on the data center likely co...

We have a child-abuse case that led to a nearly-1,000-year prison sentence, and you might expect to hear it come up in debate at the next legislative session by lawmakers looking to broaden the application of the death penalty. We also have updates on the removal of Motor Sports Hall of Fame commissioners and the 2025 CMA Awards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices