Madelaine Gerard is a Staff Writer and Photographer for RiverBender.com.
Born in Alton, Gerard has always been a native of the Riverbend. After attending Bethalto Community District No. 8 schools, she went on to attend Southern Illinois University Edwardsville where she received her BA in Mass Communications. She is currently working toward her Master's degree.
In her free time, Gerard loves to binge-watch television shows on Netflix, go to the movies, and look at funny cat pictures on the Internet.
ALTON - Area teams will be heading to schools around the region and beyond to participate in several holiday tournaments.
View the schedules below to see where your favorite local team is headed the week after Christmas:
Collinsville 33 rd Annual Prairie Farms Holiday Classic Basketball...
EDWARDSVILLE - Over the past seven years of business at Afterwords Books, owner LuAnn Locke is excited to move for the final time into the small business’ new forever home.
Fortunately for the crew in charge of moving all of those heavy books and trinkets, the new location is literally...
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BETHALTO - As Allie Troeckler headed out on to her home court at Civic Memorial High School to play Collinsville , one thing, besides winning the game, was in the back of her mind: the number 14.
Fourteen points was all she had to scor...
BETHALTO – Civic Memorial pushed its season record to 10-0 after defeating the Collinsville Kahoks 68-37 in the non-conference match up Monday night.
This win was not only important for the team as they stretch their undefeated record to 10 games in a row for the season....
CORRECTION: Due to a late objection by Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, this bill did not pass
Bill Introduced in Senate by Durbin and Rubio Would Expand Educational Opportunities for Women and Girls
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate voted to pass bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators Dick...
GODFREY - He's made his list and checked it twice, but before he finds out who's naughty and nice, Santa Claus had to grab a bite to eat at the Village of Godfrey Parks and Recreation Department and the North Alton-Godfrey Business Council's Ninth Annual Breakfast with Santa event....
GLEN CARBON – The area’s hottest holiday attraction is not visiting Santa Claus at the nearest mall, nor traveling out to Belleville to gaze upon the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows . Rather, it is at a home nestled within the Fairfield subdivision in Glen Carbon....
EDWARDSVILLE – Well into the month of December, homes and businesses throughout the area are really getting into the Christmas spirit.
Businesses located on Main Street in Downtown Edwardsville have “decked the halls” for a friendly competition sponsored by the City...
BETHALTO – Dynamic offense courtesy of sister duo Alaira and Kourtland Tyus, Kaylee Eaton and Allie Troeckler brought the Mater Dei High School Knights to their knees on Thursday night at Civic Memorial High School.
The Eagles extended their record to an undefeated 8-0...
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