SIU President Randy Dunn joins us to discuss Chancellor Sarvela's cancer diagnosis, the Tyler Smithpeters situation and the difficulties of recruiting students locally, especially with the perception of crime in town.

AES Solar CEO Shariff Shakir joins The Morning Newswatch.

Steve Groeninger, spokesman for the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, joins Tom Miller on the Morning Newswatch to discuss the spike in shooting-related deaths of police officers this year.