Tanya Koonce
Tanya Koonce is the News Director at Peoria Public Radio. She has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism from Eastern Illinois University, and a M.A. in Public Affairs Reporting from the University of Illinois Springfield. Tanya started her news career in TV, managed two political campaigns after college, worked in state government and did some state association work before going back to school. Post master’s degree, she’s worked in commercial radio and operated her own freelance agency before taking a reporter position at WCBU in 2001, and becoming news director in 2008. She’s currently serving as the Treasurer of the Illinois News Broadcaster’s Association, lives in Peoria and loves discovering interesting people, places and things.
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The man convicted of murdering University of Illinois visiting scholar Yingying Zhang will spend the rest of his life in federal prison “without release”.… -
Federal public defenders continued to present character witnesses in a Peoria courtroom Wednesday, in the sentencing phase of Brendt Christensen’s… -
Opening statements begin Wednesday morning in Peoria in the federal capital murder trial of Brent Christensen, charged in connection with the… -
We are taking a closer look at what the legalization of cannabis could mean for Illinois. The State of Cannabis is a collaborative reporting effort by... -
About 63,000 people across Illinois will receive some mail including a check from the Illinois Treasurer. It’s called the Money Match Program. A new law... -
Ameren Corp. shareholders are holding the St. Louis-based company accountable for coal ash contamination at current and former facilities in Illinois and… -
Ameren shareholders are holding the company accountable for coal ash contamination at current and former facilities in Illinois and Missouri. -
10 school districts across the state are participating in a pilot project with the Illinois Board of Education.Chicago is participating, along with areas… -
Illinois’ Comptroller is calling on lawmakers and the Governor to come to some kind of budget agreement in the next ten days. The July first start of... -
Amid reports of lavish spending, Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock announced he's stepping down, surprising supporters and detractors. Illinois residents are struggling to make sense of the sudden move.
