Democratic candidate for Illinois' 12th Congressional District Homer "Chip" Markel joins The Morning Newswatch.

Tom Miller sits down with Scott Schluter, a Libertarian gathering signatures for a petition to run for the 117th District seat in the IL House.

Former Carbondale Police Lieutenant Paul Echols joins us to discuss his book, In Cold Pursuit, about the hunt for serial murderer Timothy Krajcir and the Nine Angels scholarship developed for criminology and criminal justice majors at SIU-Carbondale.