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 Peoria native's latest book delves into a series of freak occurrences that happened one wacky week in October 1983.
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Developers Gary Matthews and Monte Brannan are appealing their federal convictions on mail fraud and money laundering charges.
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Judge Thomas Horan of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Delaware said Tuesday there's a risk of the case "collapsing under its own weight" if legal wrangling between the Peoria-based nursing home company and X-Caliber Funding isn't resolved.
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Lower sales kept Caterpillar profits about flat in the first quarter of 2024, when compared to the same time last year.
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The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office served a breach of contract notice to GFL Environmental on Friday after repeated attempts by the city and county to get the company to move forward with construction of a new landfill.
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Sheriff's deputies responded to Airport and Tuscarora roads just after 6 p.m. Saturday. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood pronounced Steven Wright dead on the scene.
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U.S Postal Service top brass decided this week to proceed with plans to move Peoria's mail sorting operations to suburban Bedford Park, despite considerable skepticism about the postal servce's claims the changes won't impact mail delivery times or jobs.
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Some Bradley students are thinking about graduation this month. For others, it's finals. But a few are focused on making the final pitch of their "Big Ideas" to a panel of judges - and potential investors.
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This year's Peoria Reads theme is climate and conservation.
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To say that Donald Trump was a president unlike any other isn't breaking news. Most either love him or hate him, with very few finding themselves somewhere in between.