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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Authorities in Peoria, Ill., continue to investigate an attack on a Planned Parenthood facility that occurred two days after the state's governor signed abortion protections into law.
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Pence largely avoids Jan. 6, Trump as he rallies GOP to present a 'positive' conservative vision forFormer Vice President Mike Pence presented a bullish forecast for Republican chances up and down the ballot in the upcoming 2022 elections during a speech largely bereft of direct references to former President Donald Trump, or the January 6, 2021 insurrection on Capitol Hill. -
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is reporting a growing lack of investigative muscle needed to grapple with skyrocketing caseloads. -
Caterpillar reported strong fourth-quarter results on Friday, beating Wall Street expectations, but the company's share prices were down Friday morning. -
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. -
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. -
The museum is reviewing and removing some artifacts as part of a consultation process with the tribes whose ancestors are buried there. -
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. -
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. -
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.
