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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Governor Pritzker says some changes to the PreTrial Fairness Act are worthy of consideration, Rockford is home to first cannabis social equity craft grower license and Springfield's Community Access Project 1908 officially opens -
An incident involving a natural gas pipeline on Monday morning causes evacuation of some residents in Morgan County, Planned Parenthood launches mobile abortion clinic in Southern Illinois and civil rights lawyers say mentally ill prisoners in Illinois are less safe
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New research from the University of Illinois Chicago finds social and political biases are undermining democracy, Illinois voters vote on a Workers' Right Amendment this year, the Federal Highway Association approves Illinois' network of charging ports and more
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Illinois Democrats are signaling they're willing to work on the SAFE-T Act, a poll shows Democrat Governor JB Pritzker leads his Republican opponent Darren Bailey, Black women in the restaurant industry earn less and experience more harassment than their white male counterparts
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COVID relief money helps pay down unemployment insurance debt, some state access limitations for opioid treatment are too restrictive and Moving Pillsbury Forward receives environmental study back
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An outgoing Republican lawmakers in Illinois wants to use inflation to drive down property taxes, sports betting in Illinois is growing and COVID numbers have been dropping
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Illinois sells $2.6 billion in corn and soybeans to Taiwan, Republicans calling for harsher penalties for dealing fentanyl, and Springfield man charged in 2021 Adams County home invasion
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Republicans say New York's cash bail reform offers a scary preview for Illinois, a call for more oversight of a deal with a company providing ankle bracelets for criminal defendants, and newspaper circulations continue to fall
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DCFS could learn from other states on improving child welfare system, strong demand for updated COVID vaccine, State Farm Insurance settles lawsuit with Mississippi over Katrina claims
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A lawyer who represents an assault victim shown in a campaign ad is speaking out and Illinois Republican candidate for Attorney General says the SAFE-T Act needs work
