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.
COTTAGE HILLS - Firefighters returned to a fire that rekindled on 13th Street in Cottage Hills late Thursday afternoon and extinguished it again. The home encountered smoke damage and some fire damage in a bathroom. Cottage Hills, Bethalto, Rosewood Heights, and Meadowbrook Fire Departments...
COTTAGE HILLS - Firefighters quickly extinguished a potentially serious fire on 13th Street in Cottage Hills on Thursday morning. The home encountered smoke damage and some fire damage in a bathroom. Cottage Hills, Bethalto, Rosewood Heights and Fosterburg Fire Departments responded to the Box...
GRANITE CITY - A large group of law enforcement converged on Granite City on Thursday morning after a person refused to come out of a home in the city after a search warrant was issued. The standoff lasted several hours, starting at around 5:30 a.m. Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System (ILEAS...
JERSEYVILLE - Alton Post 126 American Legion baseball pitcher Tyler Steward followed up on an 18-strikeout performance in his last start by fanning 13 while only giving up two hits, and both Ted Webb and Trenton Segarra each drove home a pair of runs as the Legionnaires bounced back from...
BETHALTO — 1 st MidAmerica Credit Union is pleased to announce Betsey Hildenbrand as the new Troy Branch Manager. Hildenbrand comes to the credit union with seven years of financial services experience, with the last five years spent in branch management at a credit union. “I love th...
Springfield, IL - Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) request the public’s assistance in a missing person investigation involving Daniel “Danny” Crosby of Carterville, Illinois. ISP DCI Zone 4 investigators were requested to assist with an investigation...
EAST ALTON – The Village of East Alton announces the cancellation of the 2020 Soap Box Derby Festival, due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The festival is an annual family tradition and was scheduled for September 12, 2020. “We are saddened to announce the cancellation of the Soap Box...
MADISON COUNTY - Riverbend Head Start and Family Services has been notified through the Office of Head Start an anticipated award of $686,894 through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. These funds will support Head Start services to low-income children under the...
ALTON - The Alton Post 126 junior American Legion baseball team played very well and got a big boost from their bullpen in both ends of a doubleheader, but in the end, lost twice to Highland 7-3 and 7-2 in a twinbill played Tuesday night at Lloyd Hopkins Field at Gordon Moore Park. The junior Legionnaire...
ALTON - The Alton Police Department investigated an armed robbery Tuesday night in the parking lot of the old Sears building at Alton Square Mall and a subsequent foot chase of suspects ended in the Oakwood Estates Housing Project. The Alton Police called a mutual aid request to other departments...
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