[caption id="attachment_18579" align="alignright" width="300"] Susana Mendoza (D)[/caption]

State Comptroller Susana Mendoza (D) joins The Morning Newswatch.

SIU Edwardsville Chancellor Randy Pembrook joins The Morning Newswatch.

Chief Operating Officer and manager of the Southern Illinois Miners, Mike Pinto joined Tom Miller in the studio to discuss opening weekend-which kicks off this Friday.