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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.

Latest Episodes:

Space launches and an old leaky dam Jul 09, 2025

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Today we have items on space, a leaky dam, Toomer's corner and Mac Gipson.

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Parole board, resigning lawmakers, barbecue cities Jul 08, 2025

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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.

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Flood heartbreak, UAW, firework injuries Jul 07, 2025

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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.

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Executions and explosions Jul 04, 2025

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Executions and explosions

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School programs, Medicaid, lightning strikes Jul 03, 2025

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School programs, Medicaid, lightning strikes

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State and federal lawmaking updates Jul 02, 2025

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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.

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Africanized bees and murders that weren't Jul 01, 2025

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Today we're going to have AL.com's Kelly Kazek on the show to talk about a couple of old Alabama murder cases that seemed to be missing one vital part of every murder case: the actual dead person.

For more on those stories click here.

For more from Kelly, click here.

First we have news items on Africanized honeybees, a new pedestrian-traffic pattern at a famous intersection, and what happened with that request for a judge to intervene on the new hemp law.

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The Amphitheaters Coca-Cola and Orion Jun 30, 2025

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If you're into music scenes in Alabama, you want to stick around for the second part of today's show. Our Caroline Vincent sat down with longtime Alabama music writers Mary Colurso and Matt Wake to talk about the brand-new Coca-Cola Amphitheater in Birmingham, the still-fairly-new Orion Amphitheater in Huntsville, and how they might affect each other and their respective cities from business and cultural perspectives.

That's in the second segment today. First, we'll have the hemp law in the courts, a new area code coming and the Miss Alabama results.

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DNA, Alabama and a death-penalty case Jun 27, 2025

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Today we're going to speak with AL.com reporter Ivana Hrynkiw, who's started a new investigative series with a story on a Death Row inmate who allegedly killed a woman at a crime scene at which we now know investigators collected only one person's DNA -- and it didn't belong to the guy found guilty.

There's a lot to the case, and Ivana will break it down for us.

Read Ivana's story here.

See the stories from Ivana's "Denied" series here.

First, we have stories on a fireball in broad daylight, what led to Tommy Tuberville's mosque invite, the FBI pausing a move to Redstone Arsenal, and remembering the poop cruise. Not to be confused with the poop train.

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Immigration raid, Scooby burglar, Unsung Alabama Jun 26, 2025

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Today we have an illegal-immigration raid, the passing of sports journalist John Pruett, a state Senate special election and a burglar in a Scooby Doo costume.

We'll also speak with Haley Laurence for an update on the Unsung Alabama series.

Click here to read stories from the Unsung Alabama series.

Click here to share your favorite unsung barbecue restaurant in Alabama.

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