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.
SWANSEA - Riley Knoyle ran the fastest time of the day, while Maya Lueking set a personal season-best time, and the entire Edwardsville High School girls cross country team performed well as the Tigers competed in an informal meet on Friday in Swansea. No team scores were kept, but all the...
ALTON - The Triad High School girls tennis team swept its three meets on its way to the championship of the Robert Logan Memorial tournament, played Saturday at Alton High, Gordon Moore Park and Tri-Township Park in Troy. The Knights defeated Jersey 4-1 in the final to win the championship...
WOOD RIVER - East Alton-Wood River hosted a triangular high school cross country meet for boys and girls on a 2.5-mile course at the high school on Thursday afternoon against Dupo and Red Bud. Aiden Loeffelman and Megan Douglas were the stars of the meet for the Oilers. Loeffelman placed fourt...
WOOD RIVER - East Alton-Wood River High School defeated Metro East Lutheran 5-4 in a girls tennis match on Thursday afternoon in Wood River. The East Alton-Wood River winners were in singles: Hannah Allen, Abbey Olinghouse and Karli Withers. Doubles winners were the combos of Hannah Allen and...
COLLINSVILLE - The Collinsville Police Department announced today that a Springfield, IL., man has been charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm/unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon charge, and another Springfield, IL., man faces a charge of aggravated discharge of a firearm, after an...
EAST ALTON - This year will be a little different for the East Alton Fire Department's Nearly World-Famous Pulled Pork BBQ stand. Since COVID-19 canceled the East Alton Soap Box Derby, the East Alton Fire Department had to think of another way to sell their pulled pork. They have been doing...
GRANITE CITY - The Madison County Sheriff's Office today released more information about the arrest of John D. Ashby, 40, of 200 block of Art Street, Collinsville, after an incident that began with a traffic stop at 3:16 p.m. on Wednesday, September 16, 2020. Deputies from the Madison County Illinois...
ALTON - A car and a truck collided at Brown Street and Funke Street in Alton around 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Two were injured in the accident and Alton Police and Alton Fire Department both worked the scene. Alton Fire Department Battalion Chief Tom House said a female in the Camaro and a male...
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