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.
GRANITE CITY - Three men in their 20s, performed Good Samaritan efforts when they pushed multiple cars to a safe area out of a flooded section of 20th Street in Granite City on Wednesday morning after a thunderstorm exploded with heavy rain. Granite City and Downtown St. Louis was hit the hardest...
ALTON - The boat that caught fire in the Alton Marina on Monday afternoon was a total loss, said Alton Fire Department Battalion Chief David Eichen. When firefighters arrived, the boat was blazing and full engulfed in fire. The fire burned through the rope that tied the boat to the dock and th...
ST. LOUIS - Winds blew through the area late Monday afternoon with gusts between 50 and 60 mph, the National Weather Service in St. Louis reported Tuesday. Meteorologist Jim Sieveking said the NWS in St. Louis received more than 50 reports of wind damage, but most was concentrated in the Troy,...
ALTON - Alton Fire Department responded to a boat fire at the public boat ramp next to the Alton Marina on Monday evening. It took the fire department some time to extinguish the fire because of the location of the boat. The boat was across the boat launch and they could not access it by foot....
EDWARDSVILLE - The Edwardsville Fire Department and other neighboring agencies had a busy Sunday morning because of an intense thunderstorm that struck the area. Edwardsville Fire Department responded to a fire in a residence in Alston Court in Edwardsville caused by a lightning strike Sunday. Th...
GLEN CARBON - Glen Carbon Fire Department, Glen Carbon Police Department, Long Lake Fire Department and Illinois State Police performed a heroic rescue Sunday of seven individuals in four vehicles after a downpour left severe road flooding at Illinois Route 157 and Illinois Route 162 near the Cabi...
JERSEYVILLE - Got Faith Ministry kicked off its 13th annual yard sale on Friday, Aug. 16. It was held at the Jerseyville American Legion. The yard sale started on Friday from 8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. then on Saturday, it ran from 8:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. “The Got Faith Festival is what...
CARLINVILLE - The Carlinville Fire Department was dispatched for a structure fire at 11:00 a.m Saturday in the 400 block of Plum Street. When firefighters arrived the house had smoke coming out of the house. Carlinville used its ladder truck to help with the fire. It was unknown if anyone...
WOOD RIVER - With the Illinois High School Association recently announcing that their football season will be moved from the fall to the spring because of the current COVID-19 pandemic, many of the area teams and coaches were able to breathe a sigh of relief, as they now know that there will be ...
SAUGET - A total of 22 seniors - 10 from Collinsville and 12 from Triad - were honored in pregame ceremonies as the Kahoks and Knights faced each other in a Gateway Grizzlies' Sandlot Series game played Friday night at GCS Ballpark in Sauget. The game was a continuation of the Grizzlies' series...
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