Brad McCormick is the Chief Financial Officer at John A. Logan College. Recently the college announced that it would be facing a $1.8 million budget deficit for Fiscal Year 2015. McCormick joins The Morning Newswatch to discuss how he plans to remedy the situation.

Jerry Kill is the former football coach of SIU and started the Coach Kill Cancer Fund foundation to assist low-income Southern Illinois residents with cancer treatment. He spoke with Tom Miller on the phone about the foundation and how it's helped many people throughout Southern Illinois.

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