On a business trip to Poughkeepsie, N.Y., in the late 1990s, two colleagues and I left work after our day’s last meeting and rode the train to New York City. As corn-fed Midwesterners, the experience was impressive.
Jim Benson is a Lifestyle Journalist at The Pantagraph. He specializes in high school and college sports, with a particular focus on boys basketball and local player achievements in the Bloomington Normal area. Jim's work has been featured in notable publications such as the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Medium, and the Herald & Review.





