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 - 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...
WOOD RIVER – Firefighters on Wednesday afternoon quickly extinguished a box trailer fire at Waggoner Equipment Rentals, LLC, at 6 Helmkamp Drive, Wood River. Wood River Fire Chief Wade Stalhut said a crew was scrapping a box trailer with a cutting torch and the box trailer caught fire. Initially,...
EDWARDSVILLE - Forward Brennan Weller led the way with 21 points as Edwardsville won its regular season finale at home 44-31 over Alton Tuesday night at Lucco-Jackson Gym. Prior to the game, Weller and his fellow seniors - Caleb Valentine, Ryan Hampton, Hayden Moore, Preston Weaver and Jalil...
EAST ALTON - East Alton Fire Department, along with East Alton Police Department, responded to a single-vehicle traffic accident in the alley behind the 100 block of Goulding Street. When officers arrived, the vehicle had run through a yard and struck a fence and tree before stopping close to...
MITCHELL - Mitchell Fire Department along with Long Lake Fire Department responded to a trailer fire Tuesday afternoon at the Lakeshore Estates Trailer Park on West Chain of Rocks Road. When firefighters arrived on the scene the trailer had fire throughout the whole trailer. Firefighters were...
WEST ALTON - A structure fire was reported at noon Monday afternoon on St. Charles Street in West Alton. Firefighters from Rivers Pointe, Spanish Lake, Orchard Farms, and Black Jack battled the fire. The wind and low humidity made fighting the fire harder. The fire destroyed the home...
EAST ALTON - East Alton Fire Chief Tim Quigley announced today that the three remaining smoke stack towers of the old Wood River Power Plant Building are now scheduled to come down at 8 a.m. on Sunday, March 14. Chief Quigley said on Saturday, March 13, Illinois Route 143 will be closed down from...
HARTFORD - Hartford Fire Department, along with Hartford Police Department, responded to a single-vehicle rollover traffic crash Tuesday morning on Illinois Route 3 at Acorn Lane. When firefighters and police officers arrived, they noticed a car had run off the roadway and ended up rolled...
GODFREY - Faced with two close to 50-year-old fire stations that were designed to last 30 years, both needing major repairs on leaking roofs, foundations, structural, electrical, and plumbing issues, the Godfrey Fire Protection District board of trustees unanimously voted to place a $7.5 million...
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