Marion Mayor Mike Absher joins The Morning Newswatch. 

Cortney Meyer, a Behavioral Health Provider in the SIH Emergency Department, stationed at SIH Memorial Hospital of Carbondale and Lexi Korbar, a Behavioral Health Provider at SIH Center for Medical Arts in Carbondale, join Tom Miller in the studio on The Morning Newswatch.

Illinois State Representative Patrick Windhorst (R-Metropolis) joins The Morning Newswatch.