Illinois Department of Agriculture Director Jerry Costello II and du Quoin State Fair Manager Josh Gross join The Morning Newswatch.

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Dr. Mark Fleming, part of SIH's neurosurgery team, joins Tom Miller in the studio to talk about your brain and strokes.

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.