Tim Shelley
News DirectorContact Tim at tsshel1@ilstu.edu.
Tim is the News Director at WCBU Peoria Public Radio.
Before venturing into the world of radio, Tim worked as Assignment Editor and later Social Media and Digital Content Manager at WEEK-TV for several years.
Tim was also the editor for three weekly newspapers covering much of Tazewell and Woodford counties.
He was born in Peoria, and is a graduate of East Peoria Community High School, Illinois Central College and Bradley University.
When not covering the news, Tim enjoys playing his guitar, reading up on American and ancient Roman history, and spending time with his friends and family.
Tim also collects the works of Elmer M. King - Peoria history rocks!
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A routine agenda item about a short-term rental permit for a property off Grandview Drive turned into an hour-long discussion around the horseshoe on the city council's role assessing the proposals. -
The Bradley University campus community is mourning the unexpected death of a professor.
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The Big Table of Greater Peoria is returning for a third year, and organizers want you to pull up a seat.
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Salaries will increase by a cumulative 6.5% in the 2022-23 school year, and 5.5% increases for the following two years.
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Russian president Vladimir Putin is sending 300 thousand additional troops to Ukraine to beef up the nation's flagging invasion effort.
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Woodford County prosecutors say Maya Nodine intentionally swerved her vehicle into oncoming traffic on Route 89 just west of Lowpoint last December.
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A 25-year-old man is Peoria's 19th homicide victim of 2022.
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A researcher's new look at the Marquis de La Salle's letters suggests the fort lends credence to a theory that LaSalle actually built his fort much further down the river.
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The Libertarian candidate for Tazewell County State's Attorney is facing a professional misconduct allegation involving the veteran Tazewell prosecutor recently sworn in as a judge.
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Circulation counts for central Illinois newspapers appear to be on a precipitous downward decline.
