John A Logan Community College President Dr. Ron House joins Robert Thies in the studio.

Tom Miller speaks with Patrick Buchen, Director for the Illinois State Fair in Springfield, and the DuQuoin State Fair, as well as Norm Hill, Assistant Manager of the DuQuoin State Fair, about the festivities beginning on Friday (08/28).

Political expert Dr. John Jackson, a visiting professor at Paul Simon's Public Policy Institute at SIU Carbondale, joins The Morning Newswatch.