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.
The Pontoon Beach Police Chief Chris Modrusic and his officers, with some Illinois State Police assistance, apprehended and rescued three individuals after a stolen car chase at the Chain of Rocks Bridge area on Tuesday. The driver of the vehicle earlier crashed into another vehicle at Gateway an...
WOOD RIVER - In the small school Madison County boys race, the Eagles won with a score of 35 points, with the Griffins coming in second with 48 points, Roxana was third with 71 points, Metro-East Lutheran came in fourth with 84 points, Marquette Catholic was fifth with 160 points, and Madison came...
SMALL SCHOOL Hannah Meiser of Civic Memorial won the small school Madison County race at Belk Park in Wood River on Tuesday afternoon with a time of 19:03.50, edging out the Griffins' Kaitlyn Hatley by a tenth of a second, at 19:03.60. The Shells then took the next five spots, starting...
A Tuesday afternoon police chase ended on the Chain of Rocks Bridge with a vehicle crash and three escaped the car, one jumped over the rail and fell 30 feet, law enforcement said at the scene. The situation was described as a stolen vehicle pursuit. The man who jumped over the rail was seriously...
COLLINSVILLE - Longtime public servant and Madison County Board Member Larry Trucano passed away on Sunday he was 81. Trucano retired in 1989 after 23½ years with the City of Collinsville as a Police Officer. He has been Collinsville Township Highway Commissioner for 35 years. He is...
ALTON - Today marks four years since St Louis County Police Officer and Alton native Officer Blake Snyder was shot and killed in the line of duty. Officer Snyder was killed on Oct. 6, 2016. Officer Snyder last resided in Edwardsville. Snyder left behind a wife and two-year-old son along wit...
GODFREY - A female was pushed to the ground and a purse taken by a man at 4:30 p.m. Saturday in the 2700 block of Godfrey Road outside the Schnucks store. The Madison County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the situation. Capt. Will Dimitroff of the Madison County Sheriff’s Office said...
SWANSEA - Ryan Watts was the individual winner as Edwardsville finished in four of the top five places in the field in going on to win the boys championship in the Southwestern Conference cross country meet Saturday morning at the Clinton Hills Conservation Park in Swansea. The Tigers won th...
JERSEYVILLE - Madison County State’s Attorney Tom Gibbons this week released a statement on the sentencing of Roger Carroll. Carroll received 65 years for killing Bonnie Woodward. “After watching Bonnie Woodward’s family wait over a decade for justice, it is such a great relief...
SWANSEA - The Edwardsville girls cross country team, led by a third-place finish from Riley Knoyle and a fourth from Maya Lueking, placed five runners in the top ten to take the Southwestern Conference championship meet on Saturday morning at Clinton Hills Conservation Park in Swansea. The...
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