Marcia Sinnott with the Rotary Club of Carbondale joins us to talk about this year's Great Pumpkin Race.

Dr. John Jackson with SIU's Paul Simon Public Policy Institute joins The Morning Newswatch.

David Gerczak is president of the Small Businesses of Fantasy Sports Trade Association. He spoke with Tom Miller over the phone about the pending legislation aiming to regulate and tax fantasy sports betting and to explain the SBFSTA's mission to protect fantasy sports.