[caption id="attachment_19807" align="alignright" width="300"] John Shaw[/caption]

Journalist, author, and now director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, John Shaw, joins The Morning Newswatch.

Southeastern Illinois College instructor Ricky Sauls joins The Morning Newswatch.

Peabody Energy has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection; Tom Miller spoke with Phil Gonet, President of the Illinois Coal Association about the factors that caused the nation's largest coal mining company to file for bankruptcy.