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 people are dead after a vehicle struck a tree off Illinois Route 116 in Germantown Hills on Thursday evening.
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According to the department, a person spray painted graffiti at various locations on campus between 3:45 and 4:22 a.m.
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Unemployment in the Peoria metropolitan area spiked in January. That's according to the latest data from the Illinois Department of Employment Security and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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The Peoria Park District board voted 4 to 2 on Wednesday to cancel the fireworks for this year. This comes after law enforcement and neighbors raised safety concerns about youth unrest at the event.
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A Danvers man is dead after a Tuesday afternoon crash off Interstate 1-55 in Tazewell County.
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All westbound lanes of Interstate 74 are closed for an investigation. Traffic is being diverted to Route 150 at Carlock.
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Vice chairman Dr. Andy Chiou said the station will likely skip a year of both magazine production and related events while reorganizing the station and rethinking how to move the publication forward.
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WTVP's board of trustees is set to select a new president and CEO for the public television station at a special meeting next week.
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Alto generates more than 600,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide each year as a byproduct of the production of more than 250 million gallons of ethanol.
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The appellate court originally affirmed the conviction and sentence, but reconsidered after the Illinois Supreme Court sent back the case with directions for the appellate court judges to reconsider after a new precedent was set by another case.