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.
BETHALTO — Detectives with the Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis have announced that charges have been filed against Brady Witcher, 41, and Brittany McMillan, 28, in connection with the deaths of three people found inside a home in Bethalto, Illinois on Friday. Witcher and McMillan...
COLLINSVILLE 76, ALTON 63: Ray'Sean Taylor led Collinsville with 26 points, Nate Hall followed up with 20 points, and Keydrian Jones added 15 as the Kahoks used a big 17-0 third-quarter run to win over Alton at Vergil Fletcher Gym. Collinsville held a 13-11 lead after the first quarter, then...
BETHALTO - Two have been apprehended in Hazelwood, Mo., and may be linked to the Bethalto homicides of a woman, 59, and a males 32 and 30 years old. Brady Witcher and Brittany McMillan have been apprehended in Hazelwood, Mo., after being wanted for a multi-state crime spree and may be linked to...
BETHALTO - The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis has been activated after three people were found dead Thursday night on Mill Street in Bethalto. The Illinois State Crime State Investigators are also at the scene. Bethalto Police is on scene and no cause of death has not yet been released. Th...
HIGHLAND - Civic Memorial girl’s basketball team had to fight hard to win a tough game against the Highland Bulldogs in Highland on Wednesday night. Civic Memorial won 51-45. Civic Memorial was led by Kourtland Tyus with 16 points, while teammate Tori Standefer had 12 points....
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Bost (IL-12) released the following statement regarding the House vote to impeach President Donald Trump: “Future generations will look back on today as the day Speaker Pelosi and the Washington Democrats put partisan politics above the best interests...
WOOD RIVER - For Taylor Parmentier, being successful on the basketball court is all part of her family heritage. Her father/head Oilers' girls basketball coach, Joe, was a basketball/football star at Southwestern High School during his younger days, graduating in 1977. Taylor has been one of the...
COLLINISVILLE - Madison County Coroner Stephen P. Nonn is reporting that a 14-year-old Maryville, Illinois youth perished following a mishap with a utility vehicle being off-road in rural Collinsville, Illinois yesterday afternoon (Monday, December 16, 2019). The decedent, identified as: Alexis...
Collinsville, Illinois — Congressman John Shimkus (R, Illinois-15) released the following statement regarding today’s votes by the House of Representatives to impeach President Donald Trump: "Long before today’s votes were scheduled, my wife Karen and I made arrangements to visit...
SEE CHRIS RHODES PHOTO GALLERY: ALTON - Area schools were closed Monday and Tuesday and many businesses also shut down early in the first major snowfall even with winter officially not here. Winter officially begins Saturday, Dec. 21. Many youths pulled out their sleds, made snowmen and...
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