Tim Shelley
Tim Shelley 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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One person is dead and another injured after a single-vehicle rollover crash just east of East Peoria. -
Tazewell County is rededicating a trio of markers celebrating the old Eighth Judicial Circuit where Abraham Lincoln got his start as a frontier lawyer.
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Tazewell County State's Attorney Stewart Umholtz is running to become the county's next resident circuit court judge.
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A former state representative and a former television meteorologist are running for the new Illinois 17th Congressional District.
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Officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert of 12 rounds fired in the 900 block of S. Greenlawn just before 10:30 p.m.
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U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a noted critic of former President Donald Trump, is calling it quits rather than vying against U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood in a Republican primary next year.
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Ninety percent of OSF HealthCare's more than 24,000 employees systemwide are vaccinated against COVID-19.
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The E.D. Edwards coal plant in Bartonville is slated to become a battery energy storage site after it closes next year.
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The newly formed Central Illinois FarmFED Co-op in Logan County met its $100,000 initial fundraising goal in just one month.
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Illinois Secretary of Transportation Omer Osman has called Peoria home for more than 30 years. Gov. JB Pritzker has placed the transportation veteran at the helm of executing the $45 billion Rebuild Illinois plan.
