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.
VENICE - Jason McCallum was charged Monday in Madison County with two counts of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Travion Sherrodd, who was found May 26 in a vehicle with a gunshot wound to the head at the intersection of Market Street and Selb Street in Venice. Venice police responded...
EDWARDSVILLE - Colton Cissell, a 22-year-old from Troy, was ordered held in the Madison County Jail pending trial after a detention hearing before Judge Hackett in Edwardsville on Tuesday in connection with an April house fire and explosions in Troy that left three people dead. Cissell is charged...
BETHALTO — Father McGivney advanced to the IHSA State Girls Soccer Finals for the first time in program history Monday evening, defeating Litchfield 3-0 in the Civic Memorial Super Sectional. Claire Wade opened the scoring at the 33:25 mark of the first half, heading in a corner kick for the...
ALTON — Alton Police are investigating a shooting that left one adult woman dead and an adult man critically injured early Monday morning, June 1, 2026, inside a residence in the 3400 block of Milton Drive. The Alton Police Department said it received a 911 call at about 7:57 a.m. June 1, 2026,...
CHARLESTON — Jersey’s Bradley Tueth delivered a career-best performance Saturday, May 30, 2026, at Charleston, breaking the 49-second barrier in the 400 meters and finishing third at the IHSA Class 2A state track and field meet in 48.80 seconds. Tueth said afterward he was ecstatic about...
CHARLESTON — Civic Memorial’s Max Weber created even more of a legacy in Bethalto on Saturday, May 30, 2026, at the Class 2A IHSA Boys State Track and Field Meet by winning the 3,200-meter race championship at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. Weber, who won a state cross-country...
CHARLESTON — Edwardsville sophomore Parker Owens won the IHSA State Class 3A championship on Saturday, May 30, 2026, in the pole vault, clearing 4.95 meters (16 feet, 2.75 inches) to give the Tigers a state title performance. William Mercure of Lake Villa finished second at 4.85 meters in...
CHARLESTON - Gillespie’s Chaz Oberkfell won two state titles and earned all-state honors in a third event Saturday, May 30, at the IHSA Class 1A Boys State Track and Field Meet, taking first in the 1,600 and 3,200 meters and placing eighth in the 800. Oberkfell captured the 1A 1,600 in 4:14.66,...
CHARLESTON - This is a wrap-up of the IHSA 2A and 3A Boys State Track and Field Prelims on Friday, May 29, 2026. IHSA Class 2A Jersey's Bradley Tueth was one of the area headliners on Friday, May 29, 2026, at the IHSA 2A Boys State Track and Field Meet prelims. He placed fourth in the prelims...
CHARLESTON - Senior track and field star Tullio Zamperi is no stranger to statewide competitions, as he has represented the Eagles in both state track and field and cross country events. On Friday, May 29, 2026, Zamperi delivered a dazzling performance in the 800-meter prelims, posting a sixth-place...
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