Down in Alabama with Ike Morgan

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 in rural Alabama is on while a couple of red-tape windows are open. So it's hurry, hurry, hurry for those not wanting to miss out and dread, fear and anxiety for those not wanting to share a property line with the facilities.

Also, we have the passing of former University of Alabama football coach Dennis Franchione.

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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 least what we know right now, and how anti-Trump fervor might have landed some college students in hot water.

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Doesn't everybody love an awards show? Here's our version.

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Somebody has bought one Alabama's No. 1 shopping destination, and it's less than three months until Christmas.

Y'all don't worry, though: The buyer's not planning to take it anywhere.

We'll have that story in a few seconds, then talk about Rocking the South, two train derailments and a retiring meteorologist.

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We'll take a look at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama's grip on the health-insurance industry in Alabama. We'll also talk politics and Tuskegee University's role in the America's Corps of Cadets.

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Snow preparations for Mobile, Alabama. Is it worth spending taxpayer money on? We'll also talk about the Northern Beltline and the auto industry.

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We have news updates on the Protect College Sports Act, a very late-in-the-game appointment by Gov. Kay Ivey and the Nick Saban documentary.

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A local public-radio official says the station is being coerced to use the phrase "Gulf of America."

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Also: The end of the AISA's role in Alabama high school athletics; more closed desegregation cases.

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Tommy Tuberville levies a four-legged accusation at airline workers while Doug Jones blames him for high gas prices. Also: Trash Pandas are Southern League champs and the most overlooked town in Alabama is ...

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