Joe Deacon
ReporterContact Joe at jdeacon@ilstu.edu.
Joe Deacon is a reporter at WCBU, joining in 2020 after one year as a correspondent for Bloomington-Normal sister station WGLT.
An Illinois State University graduate, Joe previously spent 18 years with The Pantagraph in Bloomington in various roles ranging from copy editor to sports reporter and assistant sports editor. He transitioned to radio with eight months as a reporter for WSOY in Decatur.
Joe was born and raised in the southwest suburbs of Chicago and is an avid White Sox fan. He also enjoys movies and video games (still, even at his age).
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The possible elimination of Illinois’ grocery tax could leave municipalities across the state facing an unexpected revenue shortfall.
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For the second year in a row, the Bradley University men’s basketball team had its run in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament ended by Drake.
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Connor Hickman scored a game-high 20 points as third-seeded Bradley defeated UIC in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament quarterfinals in St. Louis.
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With a win in the final game of the season Friday night, the Richwoods High School boys basketball team heads back to Peoria with a third-place trophy in tow.
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Nearly four years since the onset of COVID-19, the Peoria area’s hotel and tourism industries have bounced back well, according Discover Peoria president and CEO JD Dalfonso.
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The Bradley University men’s basketball team is in St. Louis this weekend, hoping to go a step beyond last year’s run in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.
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The Richwoods Knights are 29-4 and carrying a 16-game winning streak into their IHSA Class 3A semifinal game against DePaul College Prep on Friday in Champaign.
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A state-wide grant program funded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture aims to address food insecurity while also assisting historically under-represented farmers, and the Midwest Food Bank is part of the initiative.
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A surge of new residential units are planned for Peoria's downtown and Warehouse District over the next few years. But who are the people that want to live there, and why?
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Freshman Emy Wardle scored the tiebreaking basket in the final second to give the Irish a 48-46 victory over Nashville in the IHSA Class 2A state championship game in Normal.