Originally published on April 21, 2021 9:01 pm
You probably know Carl Cannon as the founder of ELITE, a Peoria Park District youth outreach program. You might also know Cannon used to be a correctional officer. But you may not know what eventually led him to make the switch from keeping people behind bars to keeping them out.
WCBU's Tim Shelley chats with Cannon and his co-author, Lance Zedric, about Cannon's new autobiography.
TIM SHELLEY: The book 'Full Cannon,' this is your life story. Tell me a little bit about how this all came about?
CARL CANNON: Well, the pandemic occurred. My friend, co-author Lance Zedric, has been trying to get me to write a book for at least a decade, we've been friends a long time.