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.
TRIAD 4, ALTON 0: Jake Stewart, Tobey Suter, Wyatt Suter and Tanner Vosholler all had goals as Triad took a 4-0 win on the road Saturday at Alton. Eli Kraabel, Kyle Langenstein and Cameron Ramirez had assists for the Knights, who got three saves from Brayden Tonn in goal to record the clean sheet....
COLLINSVILLE - The Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) Zone 6 was requested by the Macoupin County Sheriff Shawn Kahl to investigate a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred Thursday evening. ISP said: "At approximately 7:04 p.m. on April 1, 2021, the Macoupin...
BREESE CENTRAL 44, EAST ALTON-WOOD RIVER 6: Breese Central jumped out to a 14-0 first quarter lead, extended it to 37-0 at the half, and never looked back in their win over the Oilers at EAWR Memorial Stadium. Shane Becker caught three touchdown passes of 11, 21 and 12 yards from Kyle Athmer, whil...
CARLINVILLE - The Macoupin County Coroner's Office announced Friday afternoon it was requested at approximately 9 p.m. on Thursday, April 1, 2020, by Macoupin County Sheriff Shawn Kahl to investigate an officer-involved shooting in the 100 block of North Street in Brighton. Coroner Anthony Kravanya...
ALTON - Edwardsville scored all of its goals in the first half as the Tigers bounced back from a tough loss at Collinsville Tuesday night to defeat Alton 4-0 in a Southwestern Conference boys soccer match Thursday at Piasa Motor Fuels Stadium. Both teams, in fact, were coming off tough losses...
JERSEYVILLE - Chloe White has been playing basketball since fourth-grade and accomplished much for Jersey Community High School. For her efforts on the hardwoods, White has been named Quality Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram of Jerseyville Female Athlete of the Month for Jersey Community High School....
PIASA - A three-sport athlete at Piasa Southwestern High School, sophomore David Watkins enjoyed playing basketball, football, and running track for the Piasa Birds. For his efforts on both the gridiron and track and look ahead to the future, Watkins has been named Altonized Community Federal...
BETHALTO - Bryce Davis , a sophomore forward on the boys' soccer team, has been a top goal scorer for the Eagles through much of the 2021 spring season. In one Eagles' game, he scored four times. Davis has been named the Tom Lane State Farm Male Athlete of the Month for Civic Memorial High...
ALTON - Today marked 13 years that Michael Womack has been missing from Alton. His family and friends came together Wednesday night for a balloon release in his honor. Michael Womack's sister Apryll Pittman's biggest plea to the community is if you know something let us know. It can be anonymous,...
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31 SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS SOCCER CIVIC MEMORIAL 6, ROXANA 1: CM bounced back nicely from back-to-back losses, as the Eagles defeated Roxana at the Bethalto Soccer Complex. Lucas Ambrose, Bryce Davis, Bryce Griffin, Noah Huth, Ryan Halley and Josh Teems all had strikes...
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