Tim Shelley
Contact 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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The show in the Peoria Civic Center's newly-redubbed Prairie Home Alliance Theater is one of 16 added dates on Dylan's Rough and Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour announced Monday. -
Opponents of a controversial carbon capture pipeline slated to run from Iowa to Decatur are "cautiously" declaring victory after developer Wolf Carbon Solutions withdrew its permit application in Iowa this week. -
Two people are in custody. -
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A Corporation for Public Broadcasting spokesperson says they've referred WTVP's case to their inspector general for further review. -
Community anger and anxiety about WTVP's direction boiled over during the public comment section of the station's regular board meeting Tuesday. -
The chairman of WTVP's board of directors said the Peoria public television station is not considering an imminent shutdown when the board meets on Tuesday. -
Both the Illinois attorney general's office and Peoria Police Department are now asking questions about the "questionable, improper, or unauthorized" spending at WTVP. -
OSF HealthCare's purchase of the closed St. Margaret's hospital in Peru could get regulatory approval this August. -
May is usually one of the wettest months of the year for Illinois, but Illinois state climatologist Trent Ford says that's not the case in 2023. He says a dry spell that started in April ran through May, leading to drier soil and a state of moderate drought throughout much of central Illinois.
