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.
Collinsville, IL – On March 12, 2021, at approximately 12:44 A.M., the Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) - Zone 6 was requested by the East Saint Louis Police Department to assist in the investigation of a homicide that occurred in the 300 block of North 7...
BETHALTO - Shana and Nolan Wright started at Zion Lutheran School at preschoolers and went through eighth-grade now they are married and have two kids that attend Zion. “Zion has always been part of our lives,” said Shana (Bertels) Wright, a graduate of Zion Lutheran School, Bethalto,...
ALTON - Medicine hardly seemed like a calling for Brian Fogarty when he was finishing high school in 2011. “I was scared of crisis,” Fogarty said. “The sight of blood made me uncomfortable.” But Fogarty, a paramedic with the Alton Memorial Hospital EMS team since 2015, ha...
ALTON – Ruth Kvistad hadn’t planned on more school. An EMT with Alton Memorial Hospital’s EMS team since November 2020, Kvistad has even loftier goals. Neither of her parents had college degrees, and her high school wasn’t pushing students to apply. Then, her senior...
BETHALTO - Civic Memorial High School girls basketball team honored five seniors at home Thursday night prior to a fitting conclusion of their strong girls basketball careers - a 62-35 win over Mascoutah. Tori Standefer, Azia Ray, Harper Buhs, Ally Hardy, and Jackie Woelfel closed their senior...
ALTON - Junior Abigail Williams was one of the key players for a Marquette Catholic team that finished 24-7 in the 2019-2020 season and in the 2021 winter season, she has also been a standout. For all of her accomplishments and hard work on the court, Williams has been named the Riverbender.com...
EAST ALTON - East Alton Fire Chief Tim Quigley said he received word on Wednesday afternoon from Phillip Kennedy of Spiritas Wrecking Company, that because of the high winds lately a contingency plan was in order for Sunday's planned demolition. The three old Wood River Power Plant smokestacks have...
CEDAR COUNTY, MISSOURI - Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today in a press conference that his office has filed a total of 102 criminal charges against Boyd and Stephanie Householder, who were the owners and operators of the now-defunct Circle of Hope Girls Ranch and Boarding School....
COLLINSVILLE - Madison County Health Department, along with the Illinois National Guard and Gateway Convention Center, held a mass vaccination media day for the local media showing them how it's done at the Gateway Convention Center in Collinsville Wednesday morning. The media had the opportunity...
WOOD RIVER - Firefighters responded quickly to a call on Payne Street in Wood River from the Helmkamp Drive area and that response helped contain a grass fire that could have spread to a home. “The quick response ensured minimal damage with only the yard burned,” Wood River Fire Chief...
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