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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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Peoria County may soon drop its self-insured health plan for employees in favor of an insurance pool with other governmental entities.
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The West Peoria facility closed nearly four years ago, but the county is still owed some $1.4 million in outstanding debts.
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Bradley got just under $2 million of a $14 million federal grant that was divvied up with Eureka College and Illinois Central College to develop the regional IT workforce.
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A 77-year-old man from New York State has died after he was found in a remote area of rural Peoria County.
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A 16-year-old Washington girl was the teenager killed in an early Monday morning crash in East Peoria.
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A man with multiple gunshot wounds was found lying in the road.
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The coroner said an autopsy Monday showed Donald Wilson, 46, of Peoria, immediately lost a large amount of blood.
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Peoria County Democratic Party chairman Rick Fox said Biden's decision to step aside gives the party a chance to mend divisions and coalesce around a candidate.
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker endorsed the vice president Monday morning after declining to do so in the immediate aftermath of President Joe Biden's bombshell Sunday announcement that he's dropping out of the 2024 race.
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A 17-year-old girl is dead after a single vehicle crash in East Peoria early Monday morning.