Ben Howell
Graduate AssistantBen Howell is a graduate assistant at WGLT. He joined the station in 2024.
Ben is a graduate student at Illinois State University in the communication program. He also completed his undergrad at ISU, graduating in 2025 with a bachelor’s in mass media. During that time, he held internships at WGLT and WZND, where he was news director and general manager.
After graduate school, Ben hopes to continue covering local news and telling audiences more about the stories and events within their community. Outside of the station, he is an avid fan of movies and video games, trying to collect as much physical media as he can.
Contact Ben at bjhowel@ilstu.edu.
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Over the 20-year run of the problem-solving court, 200 McLean County residents have graduated from the program. Clients and their team members alike describe it as difficult but worth it. -
The Dolly Parton's Imagination Library program has helped bring free books to 3,800 kids in McLean County since 2023. Dolly Parton, founder of the program and a prominent pop culture icon, died Tuesday at age 80. -
Jeff Hake, director at CORE of McLean, said the tower includes every marker of the village, including the Dixie truck stop and a biking path. -
The McLean County Regional Planning Commission set out to study Veterans Parkway over a year ago. Recommendations in the final plan include ways to make the road safer, including lowering the speed limit. -
Areas south and east of the City of Bloomington were hardest hit by Thursday's intense thunderstorm, but as rain continued to fall, basements started to get wet. That includes several buildings on Illinois State's campus, where classes started today. -
U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen questioned two recent actions taken by the Trump administration. He called for parents to do their own research on vaccines and for the president to be transparent. -
Gates 3 and 4 at the Central Illinois Regional Airport each have their own problems, preventing them from accommodating large aircraft and being ADA compliant. Submission of a $1.25 million grant would bring money to bring them up to requirements. -
The Ecology Action Center said in its regular greenhouse gas emission inventory report that McLean County reduced emission levels by 10%, and local governments by 15% since 2008. It's equal to more than 200,000 metric tons of emissions. -
WGLT talks to Faisal Rashid from Bloomington, organizer of Central Illinois' first local celebration of Pakistan Day. It's set for Aug. 23 in Mahomet. -
An employee at the McLean County jail is charged with possession of child sexual abuse material. He's now being held at a different jail in Champaign County.
