[caption id="attachment_20082" align="alignright" width="300"] Samuel Stratemeyer (R)[/caption]

Republican candidate in the 118th house district primary, Samuel Stratemeyer, joins Tom Miller in the studio on The Morning Newswatch.

Illinois Senate Republican Leader Bill Brady joins The Morning Newswatch.

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.