Editing Benton, Illinois (section)

==Media==

===Newspapers===
Benton and surrounding areas are served by two weekly local newspapers, ''[[The Benton Evening News|The Benton News]]'' and ''The Benton Gazette''. Other newspapers such as ''[[The Southern Illinoisan]]'' serve Benton and much wider areas surrounding it.

===Television news===
Benton does not have any news channels broadcast from the city. Many news channels still do serve the Benton, Illinois area. [[WSIL-TV|WSIL]] (channel 3), [[KFVS-TV|KFVS]] (channel 12), and Fox 23 (channel 23) are among the most popular channels that provide some local news for Benton.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Benton IL TV Stations and Channel Guide - ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX Digital|url=http://www.americantowns.com/benton-il/tv-stations/|access-date=2020-12-23|website=www.americantowns.com|language=en}}</ref>

===Internet access===
Benton has multiple [[internet service provider]]s that provide [[Broadband|broadband internet]]. There are seven total internet service providers available for residential usage. Six of the internet service providers can offer broadband speeds (download of 25&nbsp;Mbit/s). Six offer speeds higher than 100&nbsp;Mbit/s. The fastest internet service available is offered by [[Frontier Communications|Frontier]] at 5&nbsp;Gbit/s (5000&nbsp;Mbit/s). Five connection types are offered: DSL, cable, fixed wireless, satellite, and [[Fiber-optic communication|fiber-optic]] internet.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Top 17 Internet Providers in Benton, IL|url=https://www.highspeedinternet.com/il/benton|access-date=2024-03-17|website=HighSpeedInternet.com|language=en-US}}</ref>

===[[Luann & Sonja: Welcome to Crappie Lake]]===
Benton was the location of the 2023 season of [[Bravo (American TV network)|Bravo]]'s [[Luann & Sonja: Welcome to Crappie Lake]], in which [[Luann de Lesseps]] and [[Sonja Morgan]] spend five weeks in Benton, sprucing up the town.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/luann-and-sonja-welcome-to-crappie-lake-trailer-premiere-date|title=Luann de Lesseps and Sonja Morgan Are Back! Get a First Look at Luann and Sonja: Welcome to Crappie Lake|website=[[Bravo (American TV network)|Bravo]]|first=Allison|last=Crist|date=May 22, 2023|access-date=May 23, 2023}}</ref>