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.
COTTAGE HILLS - Multiple fire departments battled a very intense Box Alarm blaze in the 100 block of Ray Street in Cottage Hills with a call that came in at 9:29 p.m. Monday. Cottage Hills, Bethalto, Rosewood Heights, and Meadowbrook Fire Departments joined to fight the heavy fire. When firefighters...
Fosterburg Firefighters were called to a large field fire off Wonderland in Alton on Saturday afternoon as the field blaze calls were frequent all over the region. Alton Fire Department was called for backup in the situation. The National Weather Service in St. Louis issued a Red Flag Warning...
GODFREY - Godfrey Fire Protection District firefighters, along with Alton and Fosterburg Fire Department, battled a heavy blaze into Saturday evening on Mary Drive in Godfrey. Those involved were: Chief 1400, Engine 1412, Engine 1422, Brush 1471, Brush 1472, Alton Fire Department and Fosterburg Fosterburg...
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville's Chloe Koons went through to the singles semifinals, while the team of Hannah Colbert and Chloe Trimpe advanced to the last four in doubles, and Alton's Lydia Criveau went through to the quarterfinals before being eliminated on the opening day of the Illinois High School...
WOOD RIVER - East Alton Wood River sophomore Aidan Loeffelman is a valuable multiple-sport athlete for the Oilers - cross country, basketball, and track. This fall, he is the top runner in the Oilers boys' cross country group. For his efforts this fall, Loeffelman is the Riverbender.com October...
(Note: Photos from Amy Best-Rosentreter Facebook videos). CARLINVILLE - If there was ever a great example of neighbors helping neighbors and fire departments helping other fire departments it happened on Wednesday in rural Carlinville. Carlinville Fire Protection District Chief Jess McKee explained...
EAST ALTON/BETHALTO - The East Alton Police Department received LPR camera notification that a stolen vehicle had been photographed by a camera and East Alton then attempted to make a traffic stop late Thursday night. The driver fled the scene after it was spiked, East Alton Police Department Spokesperson...
MADISON COUNTY - The National Weather Service St. Louis is warning the public of an Elevated Fire Danger for Friday and Saturday. Today with the dry conditions and the increasing winds people should avoid outdoor burning. The winds will be between 10-15 mph with gusts up from 25-30 mph. For...
ALTON - An unusual scene caught the eye of boaters navigating on the Mississippi River just outside Alton on Wednesday - a pair of enormous huge uplight dam locks were being transported on a barge navigating downriver. Alton's Don Huber was one of those who saw the locks transported and said...
Salem – The Illinois Department of Transportation announces eastbound Interstate 64, will be reduced to one lane from east of IL Route 159 to Green Mount Road, near O’Fallon and Shiloh, Illinois, beginning on Friday evening, October 16, 2020 at 7:00 PM through 5:00 AM on Monday, Octobe...
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