Tim Shelley
Tim Shelley is the Assignment Editor and Digital 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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Economy"Cat basically ended a 90-year marriage by sending an email," said John Shaw, a Peoria native who is now the executive director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. -
Campaigns & ElectionsDemocratic primary candidates in the 17th Congressional District are struggling to gain recognition from their party's base as they vie for the nomination. -
GovernmentIllinois 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. -
CommunityA doctor at the OSF HealthCare Children's Hospital of Illinois in Peoria says she's concerned about how the upcoming fall and winter might play out with the unusual recent surge in pediatric respiratory illnesses. -
The expansion of the 1B phase of COVID-19 vaccinations includes pregnant women. While the Tri-County area isn't yet expanding eligibility, other areas... -
Illinois is failing to stem the tide of continual population loss that has beleaguered the state the last several years, according to recent U.S. Census... -
Investors are taking Caterpillar's fourth-quarter earnings report as a positive sign for heavy industry. The company reported fourth-quarter sales and... -
In an unusually uncompetitive race for the U.S. Senate in Illinois, there is unusually harsh rhetoric coming from a major party candidate. -
Artist Preston Jackson is on a mission to create three busts memorializing the late civil rights leader C.T. Vivian.
