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.
WOOD RIVER - A pair of vehicles crashed head-on at Edwardsville Road and George Street in Wood River on Wednesday morning. The Wood River Fire Department, Wood River Police, and Alton Memorial Hospital Ambulance all responded to the scene. One of the drivers left the scene. It was not yet known if...
MOLINE ACRES - Moline Acres Police Department responded to a shooting call at a residence at 6:46 p.m. on April 13, 2021, to a residence in the 2300 block of Chambers Road. St. Louis County Police officers from the North County Precinct and additional municipal officers responded to the scene to assist...
MARQUETTE CATHOLIC 12, CIVIC MEMORIAL 0 (Four-and-a-half innings, 10-run rule): Marquette scored a single run in the first, then scored five times in the third and six more in the fourth to take the win in the season opener for both teams Kiley Beth Kirchner had two hits and four RBIs t...
WOOD RIVER - A vehicle struck a house at Penning Avenue and Ninth Street in Wood River around 3:10 p.m. on Tuesday. Two vehicles collided with each other and then one vehicle was pushed into a nearby house. Wood River Fire, Wood River Police and Alton Memorial Ambulance all responded. Paramedics...
SEE DASH-CAM VIDEO: EAST ALTON - A dash-cam video captured a man who appeared to pull a gun on another man in the 600 block of Bowman Avenue in East Alton early Tuesday morning. Some raindrops from overnight were displayed on the car window, but it was still very apparent a man had pointed...
JERSEYVILLE - A traffic stop in Jerseyville around 11 p.m. Sunday in the vicinity of East Elementary discovered the person was wanted on a felony. As the Jerseyville officer ran the plates, he heard a gunshot and when he returned to the vehicle, the subject was slumped over at the wheel. The traffic...
WOOD RIVER - The Wood River Police Department is asking the public's help attempting to identify the following subject in regard to a retail theft case. The subject left the area in a green Jeep or other SUV. The male was described as a white male with a black baseball cap, dark hoodie, blue...
BETHALTO - Sgt. Ryan Dugger, Officer Ryan Bennett, and the Bethalto Police Department, were recognized at last Monday night's village board meeting by Fire Chief Schulte and Zoll Medical Solutions for life-saving excellence. The recognition was in response to an early morning medical call that...
MADISON COUNTY - Major Jeff Connor, the Chief Deputy Sheriff of the Madison County Sheriff’s Office, is officially announcing he is pursuing the office of Madison County Sheriff in the 2022 election. Major Connor will be running as a Republican candidate. Major Connor said, “after...
COLLINSVILLE - State Park Fire Department along with Fairmont City, and Long Lake Fire Department responded to a structure fire at 8410 Collinsville Road Monday evening. When firefighters arrived on the scene, an RV inside a garage caught fire and spread to another building. Firefighters...
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