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 — Emotional testimony continued in the Caleb Lenhardt murder trial on Monday in Madison County Criminal Court in Edwardsville. Raigen Swick testified that prior to Katie Bunt being struck by Caleb Lenhardt's car, she approached the car because she knew Amy Yinger and Colton Hickerson...
HIGHLAND - Highland Optimist and Scott Credit Union hosted its annual basketball shootout on Saturday. The games were broke up in two sessions. Each session had four games. Below are the scores and a brief write up. TRIAD 56, HIGHLAND 37 Luke Cox led Triad with 31 points, Nate Winslow came...
GRANITE CITY - The Marquette Catholic boy’s basketball team clashed with the Granite City Warriors Friday night in Granite City. The Warriors beat Marquette 51-46. Granite City was led by Chris Jones with 19 points and Freddy Edwards with 12 points. Marquette was led by Brett Terry with...
EDWARDSVILLE - Friday was day three of testimony in the murder trial of Caleb Lenhardt. Lenhardt of Bethalto was charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of Katie Bunt. He allegedly backed his car into a group of people in downtown Alton on July 23, 2018, killing Bunt and injuring...
SEE VIDEO: ALTON - The Marquette Catholic girls basketball team put on a show Thursday night at home where they beat the Nokomis Redskins 61-27. Marquette was led by Adrenna Snipes with 24 points and Atira Merriweather with 8 points. Nokomis was led by Audrey Sabol with 1...
EDWARDSVILLE - Thursday was day two of testimony in the murder trial of Caleb Lenhardt. Lenhardt of Bethalto was charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of Katie Bunt. He allegedly backed his car into a group of people in downtown Alton on July 23, 2018, killing Bunt and injuring...
BETHALTO - The Jersey Panthers girl’s basketball team clashed with the Civic Memorial Eagles Tuesday night in Bethalto. The Eagles beat Jersey 49-34. “We should of went into halftime down 3 and not 11 because we gave up some easy transition baskets. We did well at half-court...
ST. LOUIS - A robbery suspect was shot and killed at an ATM location in the 600 block of Greenway Chase Drive in St. Louis County at 1:38 p.m. on Tuesday. St. Louis County Police Officers from the North County Precinct immediately responded the shooting crime scene. The St. Louis County Police...
ALTON - On January 3, 2018, Eric Smith opened Decaro’s in Alton at 602 East 3rd Street. Mike Diaz is the general manager. Decaro's has been a hit in the Alton area since it opened. The focus at Decaro’s is to serve the community by offering quality food in a casual family-friendly...
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