Michelle Eccles
Anchor/ ReporterMichelle Eccles anchors NPR Illinois' Morning Edition. Michelle has more than 30 years of experience in broadcasting which all began at her high school radio station, Homewood-Flossmoor High School in Flossmoor, Illinois. She attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale for her Bachelor of Arts in Communication with a focus in Radio Television and went on to become an award winning anchor and reporter for stations in Decatur and Springfield.
In 2013, she left broadcasting to become the Public Relations Manager for Horace Mann in Springfield, a job she still does by day. Michelle is thrilled to be doing radio again and anchoring on NPR Illinois.
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Four people, ranging in age from 15 to 63, died after being stabbed in a neighborhood and seven others were injured.
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Memorial Health's Board of Directors has approved leadership succession plan.
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The bills call on the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct more research on threats and vulnerabilities to supply chains.
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One race up for a vote-Republican primary race between 13th congressional district candidate Thomas Clatterbuck and Joshua Loyd
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The Sangamon County Coroner says the body of 54-year-old Teresa Ann Coleman was discovered by an IDOT maintenance worker on Wednesday.
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Authorities investigating after a woman found dead of of Interstate 55 in Springfield | First ListenSangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon says the body was discovered near the southbound on-ramp along Stevenson Drive.
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Starting May 1 documented residents who've had a green card for fewer than five years will be kicked out of the state's healthcare system.
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The Illinois State Police say the bus collided with a semi truck and the vehicles caught fire.
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The legislation would assist Medicaid patients get treatment more quickly
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U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth invited a fertility specialist to be her guest for the State of the Union