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.
ROXANA - An area educator described as having “a heart as big as gold” - Nancy Holtorf - has died after being in a coma. Cathy Holtorf, her mother-in-law, has organized a GoFundMe fundraiser for Nancy, who taught at Roxana Junior High. Today, her colleagues in the Roxana School District...
ROXANA - The Roxana family is heartbroken today and grieving the loss of Nancy Holtorf, a remarkable teacher at Roxana Junior High. Holtorf died on Wednesday after suffering a stroke near the start of school. Roxana Superintendent Debra Kreutztrager, speaking for all those grieving in the district,...
ALTON - Terry Buhs announced Wednesday during the Alton City Council meeting he is resigning his position as Director of Code Enforcement and the Building and Zoning Department for the City of Alton. Buhs also spent 30 years in the Alton Police Department before retiring in 2019. Buhs has made a...
WOOD RIVER - Marquette Catholic’s girls' golf star Gracie Piar just keeps winning. Piar shot a 35 over nine holes Wednesday night at Belk Park in Wood River to triumph as the medalist in a match against Waterloo, Jersey, Granite City, and Roxana. Marquette won the match easily with a score...
EDWARDSVILLE - The Edwardsville High School girls' varsity tennis team showed considerable depth on Wednesday afternoon, blanking Highland at the Edwardsville courts 9-0. Edwardsville head girls tennis coach Dave Lipe and his girls are ecstatic just to be playing and competing against opponents....
ALTON - A young Marquette Catholic varsity girls tennis squad faced a tough Roxana team on Tuesday in a match at Gordon Moore Park in Alton and emerged with two wins, at the No. 1 and No. 2 singles slots. Marquette Catholic’s No. 1 player - junior Monica Wendle - stole the show for her team...
ALTON - Roxana High School’s girls' varsity tennis team showed great potential in a 7-2 dual win over rival Marquette Catholic at Gordon Moore Park on Tuesday afternoon. Roxana head girls coach Zach Plocher said he thought his girls came prepared to play, especially with having to adjust t...
CAMERON, LOUISIANA - As Hurricane Laura approaches Southern Louisiana it is a strong category 3 hurricane and intensifies before making landfall around Cameron Louisiana as a strong category 4. During a press conference, Louisiana governor John Bel Edwards said for the first time in many years...
BREESE - The young Edwardsville boys golf team had three players making their varsity debuts, and all played well as the Tigers finished second in a triangular meet, shooting an 184 to finish second behind host Breese Mater Dei Catholic, who fired a 153, and ahead of Collinsville's 191, Tuesday afternoo...
CASEYVILLE - Alton senior golfer Natalie Messinger continued her very good play by shooting a six-over-par 78 to tie for fifth place with Edwardsville's Grace Daech, while Riley Kenney shot an 86 to help lead Alton to a fourth-place finish in the Metro-East Shootout on Tuesday afternoon at Fair...
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