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.
EAST ALTON - The Hard family suffered a tragic loss on when Tracy died at 12:25 p.m. after a courageous fight. Tracy, the mother of two, had a medical emergency at East Alton Elementary School and was saved with CPR, but eventually her life was lost. She donated her corneas, heart valves and...
ALTON - Each Ash Wednesday is always a sacred day at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Alton. This Ash Wednesday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Alton had a different twist today. The St. Mary’s priests delivered the majority of ashes by sprinkling them on parishioners’ foreheads, no...
EAST ALTON - What started out as a somber Valentine's Day and her husband's birthday turned into a joyous day for the Hard and Ziegler families after Tracy Hard will be able to donate her corneas, heart valves, and tissue. Tracy Hard died at 12:25 p.m. Monday after a courageous fight. Her...
EDWARDSVILLE - Ameren Illinois announced at 7 p.m. Monday, power to all 1,320 without power in Edwardsville earlier in the day because of the R.P. Lumber out building fire have electricity restored. Bretsch said the Ameren Illinois workers did an excellent job in the incredibly chilly conditions wit...
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville Fire Department Chief James Whiteford described the storage building at R.P. Lumber in Edwardsville as “a total loss” from a fire today. “By the time we arrived, one of the storage buildings that house supplies was on fire,” Whiteford said. “We...
EDWARDSVILLE - Approximately 1,320 Ameren Illinois customers are without power because a line went down near R.P. Lumber in Edwardsville during a destructive blaze at an out building Monday. Edwardsville Ameren Illinois customers close to the fire are now without both electric and natural gas. Amer...
EDWARDSVILLE - An outbuilding with R.P. Lumber in Edwardsville encountered major damage and collapsed Monday afternoon during the winter storm that engulfed the region. Several departments assisted Edwardsville Fire Department in the battle of the blaze. The different departments visible were Glen...
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville Tigers and the Civic Memorial Eagles fought back and forth during all four quarters of Saturday’s game but the Tigers came up on top with a 54-48 win on the road. Saturday’s game was the first between the two highly talented teams since the Salem Invitational...
EAST ALTON - Multiple fire, police, and EMS personnel rushed to the scene of a rollover traffic crash just after 8 p.m. Saturday on the Berm Highway just south of Wood River Creek. Wood River and South Roxana Fire Departments responded to the scene because it was unclear at first whose jurisdictio...
ALTON - A home in the 900 block of Hawley Avenue in Alton suffered major fire damage on Saturday afternoon. Alton Fire Department issued a Box Alarm for East Alton Fire Department and Godfrey Fire Protection District firefighters responded. Alton Fire Department had a pumper at the scene...
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