Murphysboro Mayor Will Stephens joins The Morning Newswatch.

Michael Gauch is the superintendent of the Harrisburg Community Schools District Unit No. 4. He spoke with Tom Miller about the lack of funds K-12 schools in Southern Illinois has received and whether schools like those in Harrisburg will stay open in the 2016-'17 school year.

Illinois State Senator Dale Fowler (R-Harrisburg) joins The Morning Newswatch.