Marcia Sinnott with the Rotary Club of Carbondale joins us to talk about this year's Great Pumpkin Race.

Dr. Kent Redfield, an emeritus professor of political science at the University of Illinois Springfield, joins us to share his thoughts on the election.

Dan Linn is the Executive Director for the Illinois Chapter of NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws). Linn joins The Morning Newswatch to discuss the Medical Marijuana program in Illinois, the delay in permits being given out so cultivation centers can be built, and several debilitations which are not allowed to be treated with MMJ under IL law, but can be eased with the plant's use.