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.

Jackson County Board member Emily Burke joins The Morning Newswatch.

Tom Miller sits down with Dr. Tomasz Wiltowski, Associate Director of the Advanced Coal and Energy Research Center at SIU to discuss an upcoming forum.