Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan

The growing rift over Ivey's prisons

Gov. Kay Ivey is taking more heat from Republicans over the future mega-prisons that are taking a mega-long time to build and costing mega-dollars. Also, there was a fir

An actual statewide general-election debate happened

A unicorn came galloping through Alabama last night when John Wahl and Phillip Ensler engaged in the first statewide general-election debate in 16 years. Also, Mobile sa

Florida adopted a new anthem. Might Alabama do something similar?

One suggestion for a new state song has at least some support from a state lawmaker. Also, we have frustration over the building of the new Elmore mega-prison and a few

More on Mobile's missing money and a new scam alert

That apparently misdirected $14.7 million from the City of Mobile has gotten one person fired and others on leave pending investigations.. We also have a timeline for th

Democracy on the ballot? This week's Newsmakers and Superlatives

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Another alleged threat against Trump, another arrest

President Trump's net favorability rating tightens up -- in Alabama. We also have another arrest in another case of threatening the president, what Paul Finebaum indicat

The Gulf's missing fish

The BP oil spill killed more fish over a longer period of time that you might think. I say that based on the results from a new study. We'll look at a few details. We al

A commutation for Toforest Johnson

Gov. Kay Ivey has spared another inmate from execution. For years, numerous officials have called for Toforest Johnson to get a new trial. Not everybody's happy about it,

Still in prison after conviction was lifted

Can bite marks be linked to the teeth of murder suspects? Modern forensic science says no, but an Alabama man is still in prison on a murder conviction that's been lifte

Who wins a Twitter war?

Today's Newsmakers & Superlatives episodes takes a look at a Twitter spat between Doug Jones and Nathaniel Ledbetter and so much more. Learn more about your ad choices. V

Nearly one million Alabamians don’t know where their next meal is coming from

Nearly one million Alabamians don’t know where their next meal is coming from, including at least 277,000 children. We’ve got more on that plus data center political dona

Autonomous Army news for Alabama, Project Red Clay moves along, & an organ harvesting lawsuit update

If the future of warfare is unmanned and autonomous drones, then Alabama is going to have a front row seat. Today, we’ve got military announcements, data center developme

What was that space jellyfish that appeared over Auburn?

Did anyone see that space jellyfish in the sky over Auburn early Tuesday morning? We’ve got answers about what the heck that was, plus the latest news on Alabama’s next C

Do you remember the 2016 Alabama clown panic? Plus, Tuberville and Jones won't debate, trade barbs

Ten years ago, the town of Flomaton, Ala. was plagued by the mysterious Flomo Klown. That's the subject of a new Hulu documentary we discuss today on Down in Alabama. We'

Newsmakers and Superlatives: Jones, Tuberville, Kristen Saban

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Hurricane Isaias approaches the Alabama Gulf Coast

Weather reporter Leigh Morgan joins us to talk about the potential effects nationwide from Hurricane Isaias. We also have the refusal of another political debate and arr

Kirby Smart makes a Nick Saban play

Now that Nick Saban IS sports media, did he dish out a little "rat poison" for Georgia before the Alabama game? Kirby Smart makes his case. Also: Keep an eye on the weat

Two storms: One tropical, one regarding data centers

We have a tropical storm in the Gulf. It was updated from a tropical depression with the National Hurricane Center's 4 a.m. update. Plus, the rush to build data centers

Grand jury to consider alleged threats to Trump

If you love government, you might look into moving to Bessemer, where they kind of have two of them right now. We'll also explain the Alabama Power security breach, at l

Some superlatives from the past 7 days in Alabama

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