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.
ALTON - Marquette Catholic senior soccer player Emma Anselm is enjoying her final season as a standout with the Explorers' girls team. Anselm is the Jeff Lauritzen-Country Financial Female Athlete of the Month. Anselm is coached by Brian Hoener and she would like to thank her family, friends,...
BRENTWOOD - The Major Case Squad of St. Louis has identified suspects in the homicide investigations of a man in Brentwood and a woman in University City. Police said the suspects a man and woman were also wanted for murder in South Carolina and were involved in a shootout there with police...
WOOD RIVER - The East Alton-Wood River boys dominated the Prairie State Conference Track and Field Meet with 138 points compared to Father McGivney with 74 points, Metro East Lutheran with 68 points and Bunker Hill with 18 points on Wednesday at Wood River. Father McGivney’s Tyler Guthrie...
WOOD RIVER - East Alton-Wood River High School ran away with the Prairie State Conference Girls Track and Field Championships at Wood River on Wednesday afternoon. Wood River won the girls meet with 144 points, followed by Bunker Hill with 50 points, Father McGivney with 16 points and Metro East...
GLEN CARBON - Father McGivney Catholic High School star soccer player Diego Pacheco recently signed his letter of intent to play the sport at St. Louis Community College. Pacheco is also the Riverbender.com/Edglentoday.com Male Athlete of the Month for Father McGivney High School. Pacheco...
CHAMPAIGN - A Champaign Police Officer died after an early morning shooting while another officer is in stable condition Wednesday morning after responding to a domestic disturbance in the 2400 block of North Neil Street in Champaign. Officer Chris Oberheim, 44, badge number 703, lost his lif...
COLLINSVILLE - The girls track team at Edwardsville High had a big day in the large school Madison County track meet on Tuesday at Collinsville's Kahok Stadium, winning the meet by a big margin and breaking a barrier in doing so. The Tigers won the meet with 208 points, with Highland coming...
COLLINSVILLE - The Edwardsville High School boys track team had a big day on Tuesday in winning the large school Madison County meet at Kahok Stadium in Collinsville. The Tigers finished first with 179 points, with the host Kahoks coming in second at 141 points, Alton was third with 92 points,...
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