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 - Madison County Coroner Steve Nonn today identified the man who died from injuries suffered in a Sunday night motorcycle crash on Washington Avenue in Alton as Elvin D. Longstreet, 31, of Alton. Longstreet was the operator of a 2004 Suzuki Sport motorcycle traveling northbound on Washington...
ST. LOUIS - A St. Louis Police officer who was in critical condition into Sunday has died the St. Louis Metropolitan Police announced Sunday evening. The officer had emergency surgery Saturday night. The officer - Tamarris L. Bohannon - was on the St. Louis Police force for three-plus years. He was...
ALTON - A motorcyclist was seriously injured in a crash across from Advanced Auto Parts in the 2500 block of Washington Avenue in Alton on Sunday evening. First responders were called to the scene around 7:40 p.m. Sunday. Alton Police and Alton Fire Department responded to the crash. The motorcycle...
EDWARDSVILLE - Grace Daech led a total of three Edwardsville golfers in the top ten with a second place two-over-par 74 as O'Fallon won the team title of the Edwardsville Challenge girls golf tournament Saturday afternoon at the Sunset Hills Country Club in Edwardsville. O'Fallon won the team...
ST. LOUIS - A man has been taken into custody in St. Louis after a Saturday evening shooting incident located in the 3700 block of Hartford in St. Louis, near Tower Grove Park. One officer was left in critical condition in the shooting. This becomes the eighth St. Louis Police officer shot since...
COLLINSVILLE - Collinsville Police Department officers responded to an exchange of gunfire in the parking lot of the Collinsville Waffle House at Collinsville Crossing at North Bluff Road in Collinsville at 12:45 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020. Initial investigation revealed several individuals...
ST. LOUIS - Two St. Louis City police officers responding to a call for service were shot Saturday afternoon in South City and one of them is in "very" critical condition. Investigators with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said two officers were shot in the 3700 block of Hartford...
ALTON - Alton Police and Illinois State Police are investigating a serious officer-related incident that started around 1:45 a.m. Saturday when the Alton officer was struck in the leg by a vehicle after a hit-and-run car chase. Alton Police Chief Jason Simmons said the officer was injured on Washingto...
EDWARDSVILLE - Recently, a vehicle backed into the Orient Wok Chop Suey at 6698 Center Grove Road, Edwardsville, and considerable damage was done. The restaurant remained closed as of Friday and the Edwardsville Public Works staff said it had not been told when the restaurant would attempt to reopen...
BETHALTO - The Civic Memorial girls tennis team won three of the six singles matches, along with two of the three in doubles, to take a 5-4 win over Roxana in a dual meet played Thursday at CM. Many of the scores were very close, with three of the matches going into third set tiebreaks, two...
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