Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan

Latest Episodes:

Presidential race polling '24 Sep 04, 2024

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Today we have the pending retirement of Troy University Chancellor Jack Hawkins Jr., an update on Friday's triple homicide, and a widow who says a Florida hospital removed the wrong organ from her husband.

Then we're going to talk to Leada Gore about presidential-race polling trends.

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A sheriff wants tweak to 'permitless carry' Sep 03, 2024

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Today: a proposed tweak to permitless carry, a shooting at a vigil for a previous shooting, and a 117-year-old weather record that fell.

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Plodding toward medical marijuana Sep 02, 2024

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A woman who did time for a Birmingham murder and has been deported four times has been arrested again.

The march toward medical-marijuana plods along.

Threat of gun violence ends high school football game.

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Quiz day! Also, a union arrest and the Bart Starr home Aug 30, 2024

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Hey, we have another review quiz coming up. First, though, we have news items on continued fallout from the Warrior Met Coal strike, a shipbuilder agreeing to a $24 million settlement and also launching a new line of boats, and Bart Starr's former home is just there waiting for you to buy it.

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Cops and courts (and more) Aug 29, 2024

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Today's news includes:

A verdict in seven 2020 Morgan County killings.

No injunction on transgender-therapies law.

More preserve on Fort Morgan peninsula.

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Fighting recidivism; talking college football Aug 28, 2024

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Today let's talk recidivism, familiar gambling machines and the president of Iceland's Alabama tie.

Then it's college football season so we're going to talk college football with reporter and WNSP radio host Mark Heim.

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The state of debates Aug 27, 2024

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Methodist lawsuits, more about the man who died three decades after being shot, an electric semi-truck, and the state of debates in this country and this state.

Click here for more on the Alabama 2nd Congressional District debate.

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Prep football tragedy; pine beetle epidemic Aug 26, 2024

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Today:

The sad news on Caden Tellier from the Morgan Academy game.
Church of the Highlands in Daphne.
The Southern pine beetles on the March.
Transfer-portal quotes, beginning with what the coach of The Other Miami said about Alabama.

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Community colleges, unusual homicide, news quiz Aug 23, 2024

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Today we have another brave listener willing to face down our Friday news quiz.

First, we have news items on community colleges, an unusual homicide and two cities where you can stretch your dollar the farthest (according to one report).

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Real-estate market; shark-attack victim's homecoming Aug 22, 2024

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Today we talk about the real-estate market, felons voting and a shark-attack victim's update.

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