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 Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is reporting a growing lack of investigative muscle needed to grapple with skyrocketing caseloads.
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Caterpillar reported strong fourth-quarter results on Friday, beating Wall Street expectations, but the company's share prices were down Friday morning.
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The Morton 709 school district plans to challenge the state's COVID-19 mitigation measures on K-12 education in court in an attempt to implement its own rules.
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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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The museum is reviewing and removing some artifacts as part of a consultation process with the tribes whose ancestors are buried there.
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The Julia Belle Swain is a familiar sight to many Peorians. The steam-powered paddleboat was stationed here throughout the 1970s and 1980s, regularly shuttling passengers up and down the Illinois River.
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Gov. JB Pritzker reimposed an indoor mask mandate on Thursday, in an acknowledgment COVID-19 is making a comeback after months of seemingly turning the tide.
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Illinois' U.S. senators and governor are weighing in on the aftermath of the U.S. troop withdrawal in Afghanistan and the American-backed government's subsequent rapid fall to the Taliban.
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U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth says Congress needs to get the National Guard reimbursed for the half billion dollars it spent responding to the Jan. 6 insurrection on Capitol Hill.
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The commander of the Illinois National Guard says they will be forced to make major cutbacks if Congress doesn't reimburse them soon for the costs they incurred responding to the January insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.