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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Paula Crouch will be the first women to serve as Sangamon County Sheriff -
Springfield Theatre Center's "13," a musical, opens this weekend at the Hoogland Center for the ArtsJulia Rolens discusses her experience preparing to go on stage and tells us more about the musical -
Sheriff Paula Crouch says she wants to rebuild community trust with law enforcement.
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Chairman Andy Van Meter has nominated Crouch after the committee recommended her.
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Retired Sangamon County Seventh Circuit Judge and former Sangamon County State's Attorney Patrick Kelly, who served as teh chair for the committee, talks about the committee's process.
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The judge will decide if banning guns like the AR-15 is constitutional.
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Sunshine Clemons, co-President of Black Lives Matter Springfield, watched the Massey Commission listening session on YouTube and shares her takeaways.
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Public defenders are filing more paperwork and spending more time in court arguing before judges who decide whether their clients should be jailed or not.
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Co-chair Dr. Jerry Kruse, Dean and Provost at SIU School of Medicine, says the commission is hoping to fine tune its focus based on community input -
Newly appointed state GOP co-chair Aaron Del Mar says needs to adjust to the local political climate to thrive.
