State Sen. David Luechtefeld -- who was just named grand marshal of the Du Quoin State Fair Twilight Parade -- joins Tom Miller on the Morning Newswatch.

Number 39 on the Harlem Globetrotters, "El Gato" Meléndez joins The Morning Newswatch in advance of the Globetrotters appearance at the SIU arena January 17, 2018. 

Adam Andrzejewski with For The Good of Illinois joins us to talk about the hearings into the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative and Attorney General Lisa Madigan's role in the troubled anti-violence program.