Rick Linton is with the Rend Lake Tourism Council and Tom Vaughn is Chairman of the Franklin County Board. They both joined Tom Miller in the studio to discuss the increased marketing and growth of Rend Lake and surrounding tourist areas to bring further business to the Southern Illinois.

Illinois Caregiver's for Compromise's Carrie Leljedal joins The Morning Newswatch.

Darren Bailey, a candidate for US Representative for Illinois'12th Congressional District in the March Republican Primary, joins The Morning Newswatch.