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.
BETHALTO - Charges have been issued in the Roselawn Memorial Cemetery stolen vases case after investigative work of the Bethalto Police Department. On Tuesday, February 23, 2021, the Bethalto Police Department initiated an investigation into the theft of approximately 80 memorial vases...
WOOD RIVER - The importance of area firefighters can never be understated. Such was the case Monday night in a multi-alarm fire in Downtown Wood River in the 100 block of Wood River Avenue. A blazing fire threatened multiple buildings in the Downtown Wood River area, but multiple fire departments...
BETHALTO - Samuel Buckley has had a basketball in his hands from a very young age. The Civic Memorial High School sophomore’s hours and hours of practice have paid off. For Buckley’s dedication and success so far this winter, he is the Riverbender.com Male Athlete of the Month for Civic...
WOOD RIVER - A serious fire broke out in Downtown Wood River on Monday night in the 100 block of Wood River Avenue. The building next to the structure on fire was at one time a bank. Tenants in the building were in the process of moving out this week and it was mostly vacant. The structure on fir...
BETHALTO - The Civic Memorial Eagles went on several runs during the game to put away the East Alton-Wood River Oilers at home with a 61-43 win Saturday afternoon in Bethalto. The Eagles took a 19-11 lead after one quarter and pushed the lead to a 33-20 halftime lead. After halftime, the...
SEE VIDEO: ROXANA - The Roxana Shells boys' basketball team came out of the gate Friday night with a hot hand shooting 3-pointers. Roxana won 66-22 at Larry Milazzo Memorial Gym against the Carlinville Cavaliers. Roxana jumped out to a 21-5 lead after the first quarter. They pushed the...
ALTON - The Central Illinois Cougars, a semi-professional football team since 1999, announced today in a press event at Gordon Moore Park it will play its home games at Gordon Moore Park in 2021. The team had previously played its home games in the Carlinville and Springfield areas. The Cougars...
SEE VIDEO: WOOD RIVER - On Thursday night, East Alton-Wood River High School named its 93rd Queen of the Harvest for the coronation. Lindzey Morrison, a senior, was named the Queen of the Harvest. The outgoing queen Leighann Nottke presented the tiara. The other girls in the court...
GODFREY - The Madison County Sheriff’s Office, Godfrey Fire Protection members and Alton Memorial Ambulance responded to a serious single-vehicle traffic crash at 1:23 a.m. Friday, Feb. 26, in the 8800 block of Godfrey Road. Madison County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Will Dimitroff said i...
WOOD RIVER - A farm field fire of about 3-4 acres sparked the call to area fire departments to extinguish it Friday afternoon. Rosewood Heights Fire Chief Tim Bunt said the fire ended up being a Wood River Fire Department blaze, but Rosewood Heights was called to assist. Also visible at the scen...
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