Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowki joins The Morning Newswatch.

Murphysboro Mayor Will Stephens joins us to talk about the town, including renovations to Walnut Street, the Big Muddy River Overpass and a banner he wants residents to sign in response to a woman who wrote to the town about her experiences with a soldier from Murphysboro during World War II.

SIU Architecture Professor and former chancellor Walter Wendler joins us to discuss the rising popularity of distance education and online learning and the problems that come with schools that offer such programs.