[caption id="attachment_19704" align="alignright" width="300"] Paul Jacobs[/caption]

Republican candidate for the 115th House District, Paul Jacobs, joins Tom Miller in the studio on The Morning Newswatch.

Jack Langowski, chairman of the Carbondale Downtown Advisory Committee, joins us to discuss upgrading the downtown area ahead of Wednesday's public meeting on renovating downtown Carbondale.

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