U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) joins The Morning Newswatch.

JD Tanner, from Touch of Nature, joins Tom Miller in the studio to give details on the upcoming Haunted Hallow.

SIU Carbondale Chancellor Rita Cheng joins us to discuss recent changes to pension reform, specifically in relation to the State Universities Retirement System (SURS), and what that means regarding a wave of retirements the University was expecting.