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 - Alton Police and Fire Departments confirmed Tuesday afternoon they located a missing Alton Marina employee in the river next to the Marina on Tuesday morning and the man had previously been reported missing. The 12-year Alton Marina employee had been working night security and was last...
ALTON - Alton Police Department officers apprehended a man operating a stolen gray Nissan vehicle from Alton across the road from the Phillips 66 station on U.S. 67 in West Alton around 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday. The Alton Police Department was alerted by the License Plate Capture and Recognition (LPR)...
ALTON - Alton Police and Alton Fire Department are investigating the finding of a deceased person in the water near the Alton Marina office dock, who was a long-time Marina employee, Alton Police Chief Jason Simmons said around 10 a.m. Tuesday. Chief Simmons said more information will be released...
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville School District 7 Superintendent Dr. Jason Henderson was exceptionally pleased how the first two days of school went in District 7 on Thursday and Friday, the first days of the new hybrid schedule. Because of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the schedule for middle and high schoolers...
ALTON - Athletes who are playing in the fall sports season at Alton High School will be allowed only two spectators per participant, and must wear masks and maintain social distancing in rules recently announced by Alton Community Unit School District number 11, in order to fight the spread of the...
GODFREY - The Alton girls golf team had a very good showing in their season-opening event, coming in fourth in their Fall Scramble/Shamble Kickoff with a team score of 242 at Rolling Hills Golf Course in Godfrey Saturday afternoon. Edwardsville and O'Fallon tied for first in the event, both teams...
GODFREY - The Edwardsville girls golf team got off to a great start in their 2020 season by finishing in a first-place tie with O'Fallon at the Alton Scramble/Shamble tournament Saturday afternoon at Rolling Hills Golf Course in Godfrey. The Tigers tied with the Panthers in the six-team field,...
ALTON - Alton Fire Department and Alton Police Department found a 38-year-old man was found unresponsive in the roadway but breathing after a motorcycle crash at 6 a.m. Sunday at Sixth Street and Stanley Road in Alton. Alton Fire Department Ambulance quickly transported the man from the scene to...
ALTON - The Alton Fire Department was dispatched for a structure fire at 7:10 a.m Saturday morning in the 2600 block of Hillcrest in Alton. The Alton Fire Department called a Box Alarm. East Alton Fire Department was also on the scene. When firefighters arrived on scene they had fire upstairs....
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