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.
ROXANA - Due to additional COVID-19 positive cases, close contact quarantines and staffing shortages at both Roxana Junior High and the High School, the district announced it needs to expedite the transition to remote learning for 6th-12th grades beginning Wednesday, November 18. This does not includ...
ALTON - Senior Services Plus, Inc.’s annual Thanksgiving dinner was done differently this year, but still very successful on Tuesday at SSP in Alton. “Due to the Pandemic, SSP served curbside 300 people,” Debbie Frakes, marketing manager of Senior Services Plus, Inc., said....
ALTON - Alton School District will move to remote-only instruction beginning Monday, November 23, through Friday, December 4, 2020, for all students. "I am sure you have been following both regional and national news regarding the alarming resurgence of COVID-19," Dr. Kristie Baumgartner, Alton...
CHICAGO - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced today that as of 12:01 a.m. Friday, November 20, 2020, the entire state will enter a new Tier 3 on the Resurgence Mitigation Plan because the COVID-19 spread is now exponential in every region of the state and the statewide positivity rate and hospitalizations...
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville High girls volleyball middle blocker Storm Suhre, a key contributor to the Tigers' successful program the last two seasons, signed a letter of intent to attend Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Ind., during a ceremony held Monday afternoon at the school. Suhre,...
EDWARDSVILLE - Baseball infielder and outfielder Hayden Moore, who was a key player for Edwardsville's 2019 IHSA Class 4A championship team, officially signed his letter of intent to attend Missouri State University in Springfield in a ceremony Monday afternoon at the high school. Moore will be...
EDWARDSVILLE - The Edwardsville Fire Department was dispatched for an outbuilding on fire at 11:20 p.m. Sunday night in the 4800 block of IL-159. Edwardsville called for a Box Alarm to help battle the blaze. Wood River, Glen Carbon, and Hamel Fire Departments responded to the scene to help....
WOOD RIVER - Wood River Police placed tire spikes near Illinois Route 3 and Illinois 143 intersection and stopped a vehicle after a high-speed chase from Missouri on Wednesday afternoon. Wood River Police Chief Brad Wells said St. Ann, Mo., initiated the pursuit of the vehicle into Illinois....
ALTON - Alton Police is working with Bethalto Police on a missing person case reported to Bethalto Police at 11:46 p.m. Monday. The man reported missing was Edward J. Mahoney, 27, of Bethalto. The family of the man reported Edward was missing and they were concerned for his safety and welfare, Bethalt...
GODFREY - Madison County Coroner Steve Nonn released the name of the victim in Friday night's crash in the 6600 block of Godfrey Road as Megan L. Labrenz, 39, of Godfrey. Nonn said any other information about the victim is pending. Labrenz was store manager of the Walmart in Jerseyville and the...
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