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.
ALTON - At approximately 5:09 p.m. Saturday, the Alton Police/Fire Department responded to the 900 block of Rixon Street in Alton for a motorcycle crash. The person operating the motorcycle was treated by Alton Fire Department paramedics and subsequently transported to a St. Louis area hospital...
ALTON - Audrey Cain had a great junior year and helped the Marquette Catholic girls golf team to a first-place finish at the Alton Marquette regionals at Spencer T. Olin Golf Course. With Gracie Piar as Maquette's number one golfer, Cain settled in as the number two golfer for the Explorers...
MACOUPIN COUNTY - Two state representative districts and a few county board spots are being contested in Macoupin County on November 3. State Rep Incumbent Avery Bourne(R) will face off against newcomer Chase Wilhelm(D). Incumbent Bourne has been the State Rep for the 95 district since 2015....
JERSEY COUNTY - Jersey County has a few contested key races for the November 3rd election. Incumbent candidate Rodney Daivs (R) will face off against candidate Betsy Dirksen Londrigan (D) for the 13th Congressional District. This will be the second time these two faceoff. In the 2018 election,...
GREENE COUNTY - Greene County will have no contested races in the county but will have a few federal and state races to choose a candidate from. Democratic Incumbent Dick Durbin has been a Federal Senator since 1997. Before that, he was in the House of Repetitive. Mark Curran the Republican...
EDWARDSVILLE - Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Police issued an E-Alert on Saturday afternoon after an off-campus shooting in the Reserves Apartment Complex at 2:23 p.m. on Saturday, October 31. The suspect in the shooting was a black male, thin build, gray sweatshirt, and jeans with...
CHICAGO - The Chicago White Sox announced they hired former St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa on Thursday. The team did not announce the length of the 76-year-old La Russa’s contract. La Russa returns to the White Sox after managing the team from 1979 to 1986. The White Sox...
EDWARDSVILLE - Logan Wyatt, a senior cross country runner at Metro East Lutheran High School, is one who pushes the limits of his mind and body in the sport he loves above all others. Wyatt is the Riverbender.com October Male Athlete of the Month for Metro East Lutheran High School. Wyatt's...
CALHOUN COUNTY - Calhoun County has one county race that has three people trying to be the next Calhoun County Commissioner. Democratic Incumbent Dick Durbin has been a Federal Senator since 1997. Before that, he was in the House of Repetitive. Mark Curran the Republican candidate is the former...
EAST ALTON - The St. Louis Blues Warrior Hockey hosted its first games against Kansas City Warriors and Central Illinois Warriors on Saturday at East Alton Ice Arena. The scores of the matches were as follows: STLBW 10 - KCW 2 STLBW 4 - KCW 3 STLBW 4 - CIW 9 St. Louis Blues Warrior Hocke...
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