Railroad historian Mary McPherson joins The Morning Newswatch.

[caption id="attachment_19080" align="alignright" width="214"] State Sen. Dale Fowler (R)[/caption]

State Sen. Dale Fowler (R) joins The Morning Newswatch with a big announcement  about The Sahara Woods in Saline County.

Michael Gauch is the superintendent of the Harrisburg Community Schools District Unit No. 4. He spoke with Tom Miller about the lack of funds K-12 schools in Southern Illinois has received and whether schools like those in Harrisburg will stay open in the 2016-'17 school year.