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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Two public COVID-19 testing sites established during the peak of the pandemic are shutting down. -
Dr. Kiran Velpula is the newest member of the Peoria City Council.
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Residents of Bishop Hill are raising the alarm about the advancing deterioration of some state-maintained buildings in their historic community, about a hour northwest of Peoria.
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Juneteenth is a celebration of the abolition of slavery in the United States. It was on June 19, 1865 when the news of the Emancipation Proclamation finally spread to Galveston, Texas in the old Confederacy.
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The City of Peoria received $47 million from President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, a COVID-19 relief package passed in March.
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The Dunlap school board approved guidance for the 2021-22 school year - with the caveat it's still subject to change.
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Tim Shelley speaks with the National Conference of State Legislatures' Wendy Underhill.
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The Peoria Police Department has its next chief, Eric Echevarria.
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The River's City's DIY youth counterculture of years' past is documented in the new book "Punks in Peoria." Tim Shelley speaks with authors Jonathan Wright and Dawson Barrett.
