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).

Historian and author Jon Musgrave joins The Morning Newswatch.

U.S. Representative Mike Bost (R-Murphysboro) joins The Morning Newswatch.