Bradley Piros has been a reporter at Riverbnder.com since January 2022.
He graduated from Western Illinois University in December 2020 with a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism as well as a minor in Sports Broadcasting.
At WIU Bradley worked at the school's student-run newspaper publication The Western Courier. He began his freshman year as a writer and worked his way up to Sports Editor by the time he was a senior.
In his spare time, Bradley loves to stay active. He played soccer and ran track and field at Alton High. Now he stays busy with his favorite hobby disc golf. He also loves spending time with his family and friends, traveling to new places, and watching sports.
ALTON - Riverbender.com continues to expand its horizons with the newest addition of a two-hour daily talk show hosted by Alton High School graduate CJ Nasello. The show will broadcast live every morning from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. from The RiverBender Radio Studio in Downtown Alton. The show will...
BETHALTO - “It’s exciting times,” Todd Hannaford said, CM’s athletic director. The fall sports season usually brings a lot of excitement around the Riverbend area, but that excitement is ramped up to 11 for the Bethalto community. Work has been going on at their football...
These photos were taken at the corner of Home Ave. and Chapman St. in Edwardsville. EDWARDSVILLE - Road work has closed the intersection of Home Ave. and Chapman St. in Edwardsville for repairs. According to workers, the road is being re-done all the way up until N. Buchanan St. and is estimated...
ALTON - After a wild Western Conference Championship game on Tuesday night, one that featured a walk-off grand slam, the Alton River Dragons earned their way into a best-of-three Prospect League Championship series. They would be taking on the Eastern Conference Champions, the Chillicothe Paints...
ALTON - The Alton River Dragons hosted game one of the Prospect League Championship on August 11, 2022. They played against the Chillicothe Paints and fell by a score of 5-3. These photos are for that game.
EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville Fire Department, backed up by multiple other fire agencies, attacked a fully involved residence over a garage fire in the 800 block of St. Louis Street in Edwardsville on Wednesday. The residence was occupied at the time of the fire, but everyone was able to get ou...
MADISON - Multiple units are battling a massive warehouse fire Wednesday morning in Madison, IL. The business is near the World Wide Technology Raceway. The large blaze started at Interco , a metaltronics recycler, at about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. A red alert was issued by the Madison, IL., Police...
EDWARDSVILLE - Heading into the summer of 2022, recent Metro East-Lutheran graduate Erik Broekemeier didn't have a place to play. So, Chris Erwin, Father McGivney's head baseball coach, reached out to Erik to see if he'd be interested in playing on Troy's Legion team. Erwin got to coach with and...
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