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Crickets indicate temperature and heat tends to impact low income neighborhoods more | First Listen

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS | By Michelle Eccles

Published July 27, 2023 at 7:20 AM CDT

Crickets indicate temperature
Low income neighborhoods tend to be at more risk from heat
A call for Illinois to close crumbling prisons
Northwestern's new head football coach makes his first public appearance
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A Kincaid woman killed by a train in rural Taylorville
State Farm increasing its homeowners insurance premiums for a second time in a year
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Michelle Eccles

Michelle 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.

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