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.
Godfrey Fire Protection District and Alton Fire Department first responders rushed to a serious two-vehicle crash at Northport Drive and Martin Luther King Drive close to the Godfrey/Alton border around 9 a.m. Tuesday. One of the vehicles careened off the road onto the Woody's Chicken parking lot....
EDWARDSVILLE - The driver of a pickup truck that landed in a creek bed Monday night across from Lincoln Middle School off Illinois Route 157 was transported with serious injuries to a St. Louis hospital, Edwardsville Fire Chief James Whiteford said Tuesday morning. Chief Whiteford did not specify...
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville Police and Edwardsville Fire Department worked a scene around 10 p.m. Monday when a truck ran off the road and landed in a creek across from Lincoln Middle School in Edwardsville off Illinois Route 157. The driver of the truck in the single-vehicle accident was ejected...
EAST ALTON - East Alton Fire Department has a considerable amount to be proud of this week as Friday, May 21, 2021, is the day of its 100th anniversary. On May 28, 1921, the East Alton Fire Department started its journey. For a century, the East Alton Fire Department members have served their community...
CIVIC MEMORIAL 6, ALTON 5: CM rallied from a 5-1 deficit in the top of the sixth to score three times in the home half of the sixth, then scored twice in the seventh to pull out a win over Alton at the Bethalto Sports Complex. Ian Heflin had two hits for the Eagles, while Braden Arview, Nick Brousseau,...
ALTON - Alton's boys tennis team notched a big 5-4 win over Waterloo on Friday. Luke Boyd and Victor Humphrey won a close three set match at number two doubles to help Alton High defeat Waterloo 5-4 in Waterloo. Parker Mayhew, James McKeever, Chance Linenfelser plus Humphrey won singles matches...
TROY - The Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Zone 6 Investigations was requested by Chief Brent Shownes of the Troy Police Department (TPD) to investigate a fatal officer-involved shooting involving an officer from the TPD. On May 22, 2021 at approximately...
HARTFORD - Madison County Coroner Stephen P. Nonn reported late Friday night that an investigation into a body that was recovered from the Mississippi River in Hartford is underway. The body was located by barge employees in the river at the Phillips 66 Loading Dock, Hartford, IL at 4:40 p.m. Friday....
SEE VIDEO: ALTON - Alton High School had another special Senior Parade Friday night staged on Discovery Parkway with a drive around the Liberty Bank Amphitheater and eventually down State Street in Alton. Redbird led the parade, followed by new Alton Mayor David Goins and his wife, then...
TROY - A large amount of law enforcement converged on the TA Travel Center Area in Troy on Saturday night for an apparent shooting. Troy Police said late Saturday evening, that Illinois State Police had been called to the scene and could not release any more details at the present. Troy Police,...
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