Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge Manager Rick Speer joins Tom Miller in the studio.

David Yepsen is the Director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at SIU. Yepsen joins Tom Miller for a conversation on the inauguration of statewide constitutional officers on Monday.

Joey Watson, a trooper with the Illinois State Police, stops by The Morning Newswatch to discuss the increased roadside safety checks being administered by ISP during the Thanksgiving week.