[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.

Peabody Energy has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection; Tom Miller spoke with Phil Gonet, President of the Illinois Coal Association about the factors that caused the nation's largest coal mining company to file for bankruptcy.