Rick Linton is with the Rend Lake Tourism Council and Tom Vaughn is Chairman of the Franklin County Board. They both joined Tom Miller in the studio to discuss the increased marketing and growth of Rend Lake and surrounding tourist areas to bring further business to the Southern Illinois.

Michael Roberts sits down with Joe Zdankiewicz of the Southern IL Metropolitan Planning Organization to discuss some of the group's plans to improve transportation infrastructure in some Southern IL communities.

Illinois State Representative David Friess (R-Red Bud) joins The Morning Newswatch.