Chris Rhodes is a photographer and reporter for RiverBender and EdGlenToday.com. He is a graduate of Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey, IL with a degree in Criminal Justice. He also runs the Madison County Scanner Page.
Chris loves camping,fishing, and photography. Chris is an Eagle Scout and lives in East Alton.
BETHALTO - Several public safety updates and municipal approvals led Monday night’s Bethalto City Council meeting, where officials announced a police promotion, reported monthly call volumes, and approved measures involving a trail project, a liquor license, and a zoning map change. During...
CHARLESTON - Gillespie's Chaz Oberkfell, Civic Memorial's Max Weber, Edwardsville's Parker Owens and Belleville West's Jayln Cole were individual state champions at the 2026 IHSA State Boys Track and Field Meet at Charleston. Gillespie, Cahokia, and Belleville West turned in some of the top area...
EDWARDSVILLE — Edwardsville Tigers defeated O’Fallon Varsity Panthers 6-5 in walk-off fashion Wednesday at Southern Illinois University, winning the IHSA Sectional semifinals when Andrew McCutchen singled home the deciding run in the bottom of the eighth inning. The game was tied 5-5...
TROY — Triad Knights defeated Waterloo 11-1 on Wednesday at Triad High School in an IHSA Sectional Semifinal, using a three-run first inning and a five-run seventh to pull away. Triad took control early in the top of the first inning. Carter Gaskill drew a walk that brought home one run, and...
VENICE - Jason McCallum was charged Monday in Madison County with two counts of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Travion Sherrodd, who was found May 26 in a vehicle with a gunshot wound to the head at the intersection of Market Street and Selb Street in Venice. Venice police responded...
EDWARDSVILLE - Colton Cissell, a 22-year-old from Troy, was ordered held in the Madison County Jail pending trial after a detention hearing before Judge Hackett in Edwardsville on Tuesday in connection with an April house fire and explosions in Troy that left three people dead. Cissell is charged...
BETHALTO — Father McGivney advanced to the IHSA State Girls Soccer Finals for the first time in program history Monday evening, defeating Litchfield 3-0 in the Civic Memorial Super Sectional. Claire Wade opened the scoring at the 33:25 mark of the first half, heading in a corner kick for the...
ALTON — Alton Police are investigating a shooting that left one adult woman dead and an adult man critically injured early Monday morning, June 1, 2026, inside a residence in the 3400 block of Milton Drive. The Alton Police Department said it received a 911 call at about 7:57 a.m. June 1, 2026,...
CHARLESTON — Jersey’s Bradley Tueth delivered a career-best performance Saturday, May 30, 2026, at Charleston, breaking the 49-second barrier in the 400 meters and finishing third at the IHSA Class 2A state track and field meet in 48.80 seconds. Tueth said afterward he was ecstatic about...
CHARLESTON — Civic Memorial’s Max Weber created even more of a legacy in Bethalto on Saturday, May 30, 2026, at the Class 2A IHSA Boys State Track and Field Meet by winning the 3,200-meter race championship at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. Weber, who won a state cross-country...
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