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 - Five Alton Redbird athletes signed a fall letter of intent package to colleges at Alton High School Wednesday morning. Ashlyn Betz will play softball at Valparaiso University. Noah Clancy will swim at Missouri S & T University. Brayden Haug will play baseball at Lindenwood University. Wes...
ALTON, IL – To assist local communities in the fight against the opiate epidemic, Alton Memorial Hospital is launching the Warm Handoff Program out of the Center for Behavioral Health and Addiction Medicine. The Warm Handoff Program offers help to adults who present to the AMH Emergency Department...
ALTON - The annual Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1308 Veterans Day program was once again enticing, with World War II POW 2nd Lt. Robert Ryan, USAAF, serving as the keynote speaker. Ryan, a long-time local attorney and 95 years old, spoke of his time and experiences in World War II when hi...
ALTON - A man who had an apparent medical condition overturned his car on to the railroad tracks outside Argosy Casino in Alton from Landmarks Boulevard in Alton around 3:35 p.m. Sunday. The man was able to crawl out of the vehicle and was immediately helped by the Alton Fire Department rescue team...
HIGHLAND - The Highland High School football team played hard, with heart and with purpose, but in the end, couldn’t overcome the powerful Rochester Rockets and lost 42-7 in the second round of the Class 5A football playoffs at Highland High School. The Bulldogs moved the ball pretty...
EDWARDSVILLE - The Madison County Sheriff's Office announced Friday afternoon that three are in custody for an estimated 150 car burglaries after a joint investigation in the Alton-Godfrey area during the last week. The two adults charged are Keisha Nichole Lytle, 19, of Wood River, and Deandre...
EAST ALTON - A young Edwardsville High hockey team played well and gave a very good accounting of themselves, but two power-play goals, as well as two St. Louis University High goals in 63 seconds in the third period, gave the defending St. Louis Blues Challenge Cup champions a 5-3 win over the...
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