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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Artist Preston Jackson is on a mission to create three busts memorializing the late civil rights leader C.T. Vivian. -
Catholic Archbishop John J. Myers has died at age 79. -
Bradley University's one-week COVID-19 positivity rate now stands at 14.4% as the university experiences a spike in new cases. -
The Trump administration is moving to end federal funding for the COVID-19 testing site in Peoria on June 30. -
UPDATED 5:55 P.M. | After 25 years in Peoria, the Illinois High School Association boys basketball tournament will once again call Champaign home. -
Morton Mayor Jeff Kaufman said while he likes both the Restore Heart of Illinois and Tri-County regional reopening plans, there's a major stumbling... -
EconomyGalesburg may see its first legal recreational marijuana sales next month, but only if there's enough cannabis to go around. -
Five candidates are vying to become the Republican nominee to run against incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin in November. -
Three Republicans made their cases for why they deserve their party's nomination for the 17th Congressional District this March. -
U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-Moline) will run unopposed in March's Democratic primary. Her challenger, Spanky Edwards of Peoria , was removed from...
