Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan

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Thankfulness abounds Nov 27, 2025

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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.

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From 63 yards, it's up and it's good Nov 26, 2025

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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.

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Water woes from another city Nov 25, 2025

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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.

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Could data centers cost you? Nov 24, 2025

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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.

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'Second summer,' anyone? Nov 21, 2025

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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

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965 years in prison Nov 20, 2025

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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.

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Jimmy Buffett still making the big bucks Nov 19, 2025

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Today we have headlines on the Epstein files, a possible program for Redstone Arsenal, APT and PBS, the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame and how much money Jimmy Buffett is still making.

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Does being Jewish hurt one's political chances in Alabama? Nov 18, 2025

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Today we hit on a potential voting bias that you can decide whether exists or not (since we don't know for sure until we test it), the next step in the APT-PBS saga, and an alleged scam against elderly folks that led to a couple of arrests.

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The hermit hut's big move Nov 17, 2025

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A retirement-home fire, a stainless-steel manufacturer, a Muscle Shoals music exhibit and where the hermit hut's going.

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Lawsuits abound Nov 14, 2025

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Lawsuits abound: Down in Alabama

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