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 - Ryan Tite credits the Christian education at Zion Lutheran, Bethalto, and Metro East Lutheran through preschool through high school, as big components of his life and reason for his tremendous success.? “My faith is at the center of my life,” says Ryan Tite, a graduate...
ALTON - Director Bob Barnhart Alton Public Works Department workers have been busy since the COVID-19 Pandemic started in March 2020, repairing and asphalting the different streets throughout the city. The extended street work has continued into 2021. Over the last week, Alton Public Works Department...
ALTON - Marquette Catholic Explorers defensive back Devon Fields signed his letter of intent with the Peru State College to play football Wednesday afternoon. “I believe that Peru State College is a great fit for me. I enjoyed my visit on campus and they had an amazing coaching staff,”...
ALTON - As a result of a Madison County Sheriff's Office investigation, on February 2, 2021, the Madison County State's Attorney's Office issued he following charges against this individual after an alleged arson attempt in the 6500 block of Alpha Drive in Alton: Andre Darnell Mathis Black...
MACOUPIN COUNTY - Macoupin County Sheriff Shawn Kahl announced in jubilant fashion around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday that missing 9-year-old boy Chase Ondo had been found "safe and sound." The Macoupin County Sheriff’s Office and several others were searching as a team for Ondo. He had been las...
ALTON - An extensive search is underway Tuesday in the vicinity of the 6500 block of Alpha Drive in Alton, where a man allegedly set his house on fire early Monday morning. Fire and then law enforcement responded to the Alpha Drive address after a call at 3:59 a.m. on Monday of a fire at the residence....
ALTON - The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis has been activated after what is described as “a double homicide” in the 2300 block of Wedgewood Drive in Alton. Firefighters were called to the house with an Alton mail address at 6:05 a.m. Monday for a possible house fire. When firefighters...
ALTON - A man is accused of setting his home on fire Monday morning with his family inside in the 6500 block of Alpha Drive in Alton. The family left the home safely. The man who started the fire left the scene before police arrived and remains at large. The fire call for Alpha Drive in Alton cam...
SEE PHOTO GALLERY: SEE VIDEOS: DRONE VIDEO: EAST ALTON - Demolition of the old Wood River Power Plant building next to the three tall stacks went “flawlessly,” East Alton Fire Department Chief Tim Quigley said immediately following the blast that took place around...
GODFREY/ALTON - Firefighters were dispatched to serious fire scenes at both 2301 Wedgewood Drive with an Alton mailing address and 6507 Alpha Drive, also with an Alton address, on Monday morning. The fire on Wedgewood occurred before 6:15 a.m. Madison County Sheriff's Office Capt. Will Dimitroff...
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