On this return from the Independence Day holiday, Harrisburg superintendent Michael Gauch spoke with Tom Miller about the stop gap budget approved by lawmakers and Governor Rauner last week. Gauch explains more on what schools in southern Illinois are expecting out of this measure.

Abraham Lincoln historian Christian McWhirter joins The Morning Newswatch.

SIU archivist Matt Gorzalski joins Tom Miller to discuss an exhibit on SIU's Old Campus, currently on display at Morris Library.