Tim Alexander
CorrespondentTim Alexander is a correspondent for WCBU. He joined the station in 2022.
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The 410 residents of the Marshall County village of Hopewell, who are faced with paying for a new, $5.1 million water system to save their water supply, may be hoping their new well doesn’t run their pockets dry of cash. -
The 418 residents of the village of Hopewell will see their monthly water bills rise to as much as $133 per month in order to pay for a new water treatment system, the chairman of the community’s waterworks committee indicated during a public meeting. -
Peoria food entrepreneur Andres Diaz, co-founder of Urban Acres Gardens, said his new commissary kitchen, located in a former medical building at 614 Spring St., will be known as Springboard Kitchen. -
Installations of roof-mounted solar systems and solar “farms” are on the increase in Peoria County, thanks to state and federal incentives and a recent influx of local solar providers. -
Time and the elements are eroding the structure, which had also served as the small community’s telegraph office in the days before telephones were in every household. -
The firm will primarily be utilized to help the county secure much-needed federal infrastructure improvement funding, according to District 1 board member Sharon Williams. -
Chad Leman, a hog, corn and soybean producer and owner of Leman Farms east of Eureka, will be pictured along with his family on their third-generation farm in the regional ad, which is sponsored by Illinois Farm Families (IFF). -
When it comes to the former Summer Camp Music Festival, the name has changed-- though much will remain the same. -
Illinois State Sen. David Koehler discussed two health-related laws he sponsored that took effect Jan. 1 while also offering a glimpse at 2024 state legislative priorities during an interview with WCBU. -
YouthBuild, a workforce development program for youth ages 16 to 24 funded by the U.S. Department of Labor and facilitated by the Peoria Housing Authority (PHA), is beginning a three-year pilot program in Peoria next Monday.
