Ben Singson
Local Editor/Reporter/AnchorBen Singson started at NPR Illinois in July 2026 focusing on local coverage.
Previously, Ben was a reporter for the Jacksonville Journal-Courier, joining in 2022 after graduating from the University of Missouri-Columbia. The Lindenhurst native previously reported for KBIA, an NPR affiliate radio station, in college.
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Budzinski’s comments come following a report from the Election Assistance Commission arguing that the party should center issues that concern working-class voters if it wants working-class votes. -
The suit accuses Father John O’Connell of sexually abusing an altar boy and student at St. Mary Catholic School and Parish in Taylorville. The abuse was alleged to have happened several times between 1991 and 1994. -
The only professional women’s baseball league in the United States will play all of its inaugural season in in the capital city. -
Democrat Sam Cahnman is collecting signatures for a petition that would allow county residents to vote on the power to remove sheriffs and other county officers. -
Public broadcasters across the country, central Illinois included, are figuring out how they plan to head forward after Congress rescinded over $1 billion in federal funding.
