Down In Alabama With Ike Morgan

Today we're talking freestanding ERs, Daylight Saving Time and the politics of half-staff flags. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have crimefighting strategy in Birmingham, defense work in Huntsville and Riley Green's reminder for us to watch our step while we're walking in the woods. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gov. Kay Ivey has put 37 Alabama counties under a state of emergency today because of threats associated with ice, snow, sleet, freezing rain, slushy mix, poor driving decisions and prolonged below-freezing temperatures. Click here for Alabama weather updates. Today we have an update of sorts on medical cannabis, another pre-filed state bill (this one regarding a church organization's tax status), a sweet-tea story, and a little Alabama not-too-distant history for you on the rise and fall of Visionland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reporter Rebecca Griesbach of AL.com's Alabama Education Lab tells us what we need to know about the CHOOSE Act and possible changes to school funding. Here are some links of interest: CHOOSE Act website (how to apply) The Alabama Education Lab Stories by Rebecca Griesbach We also have a few notes about the cold weather, Terri Sewell's new responsibility, and the identification of another Alabama sailor who died at Pearl Harbor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have a couple of pre-filed state bills, a re-filed federal bill (the Laken Riley Act), and Trump's supposed plan to rename the Gulf of Mexico. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have a fallen police officer, a pre-filed bill on revenge porn and a change to Chick-fil-A's waffle fries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have how Miss Alabama did at Miss America, the "enhanced security measures" at Redstone Arsenal and other military bases, a longtime Auburn restaurant that's closed and Bo Nix's wild record TD pass. Also, weather reporter Leigh Morgan joins us to talk about snow possibilities this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let's talk about animals that it's a particularly bad idea to mistreat, culturally. A second Alabama victim in the New Orleans terror attack. Where U-Haul says people are moving. Regarding the bald-eagle killing: Anyone with information on the investigation was asked to call U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Special Agent Brad Rabalais at 601-331-0292 or the Alabama Game Watch Hotline at 1-800-272-4263. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have Alabama's tragic connection to the New Orleans attack, what we hope is the final tally for Birmingham's record year for homicides, and a report critical of Alabama's effort to make ethics changes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy New Year 2025, everybody. We have what changes the Alabama Dental Association would like to see regarding insurance payments, some state politics and the rising count of tornadoes from this past weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yesterday we wrapped up state lawmaking for the year. Today we have AL.com sports editor Andrew Hammond on the show to put a bow on sports for 2024. Spoiler alert: We're going to lean into college football a bit. We also have items on cool weather, a missing toddler and a sperm whale that washed up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're reflect on Jimmy Carter's passing and then talk with state government reporter Mike Cason about the bigger state legislative news of 2024 (and take some peeks ahead as well). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have big road-work projects in the Birmingham area, the final days of the red snapper and wild-oyster seasons, and Russian Taylor Swift covers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we have some tragic news out of Vestavia Hills, retail union activity during the holiday season, and a planned new country-music festival. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're handing out Christmas "gifts" to some of Alabama's 2024 newsmakers. How many of the references do you remember? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Detention abuse, millions to Huntsville, food stamp replacement: Down in Alabama Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

December 23, 2024 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have a crime and punishment episode today, with items on the death penalty, vehicle break-ins and a Morgan County civilian-led detainment. And also, we'll update you on a nuclear-reactor plant that has paused construction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's a story out of Fayette County where a traffic fatality that killed a father and daughter shed light on a 1-year-old in the family who apparently has been missing but not reported as such. John Hammontree's going to talk to public-safety reporter Carol Robinson on what we know and don't know. Read more on that here. On today's report we also have the sentencing in a professor's fentanyl-related death, a bill targeting porch pirates, and how much of the federal defense bill's spending is coming to Alabama. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's updates we have a woman whose pig kidney transplant has allowed her to come off dialysis, an Alabama ex-doctor getting out of prison, and a crimefighting Santa Claus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices