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 - An Alton Fire Department Fire Station 2 door was damaged during an ambulance run Wednesday, but immediately replaced. The fire department contacted a local garage door company that realized the importance of the door in the operation and it was fixed. No one was injured when the door broke...
SOUTH ROXANA - The South Roxana Fire Department was dispatched for a serious structure fire at 4:50 a.m. Friday morning at the corner of Biltmore Boulevard and Rose Avenue. The South Roxana Fire Department called for mutual aid to battle the blaze. Multiple fire departments responded to th...
ALTON - Alton Police Department and St. Anthony's Health Center hosted an Active Shooter Training on Thursday. Alton Police Sgt. Manuel Espinosa, Sgt. Joel Bromaghim and Sgt. Jeremiah Dressler presented an active shooter seminar to area teachers, hospital staff, financial workers, and other leader...
GODFREY - Madison County Sheriff’s Office investigators are working on a series of break-ins in the Godfrey areas of Surrey Court, West Delmar and Pierce Lane vicinities Wednesday night. There were also two cars stolen in that area, Capt. Will Dimitroff of the Madison County Sheriff’s Office...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Mike Bost (IL-12) announced a nearly $14 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Better Utilizing Investment to Leverage Development (BUILD) program for the Southern Illinois Multimodal Station (SIMMS) project, a new transportation cente...
BLOOMINGTON - Brennan Weller scored the goal of his life on Friday, putting in the reboind of a Cooper Nolan shot right at the final siren to give Edwardsville a dramatic 3-2 win over Moline in the IHSA Class 3A Normal Community West sectional final Friday afternoon at Bloomington High School....
EAST PEORIA - Marquette Catholic boys soccer team fell in a tough IHSA Class 1A Boys Soccer Championship game in East Peoria 2-1 against University High of Chicago on Saturday evening. "We had tons of guys fighting through injuries. The game really opened up after the first half. That...
PEORIA - Marquette Catholic Boys Soccer won a thriller in Peoria 3-2 after Noah McClintock scored on a PK kick after it was tied 2-2 after regulation and two overtimes. The Explorers now move to the Class 1A State Championship match on Saturday. "We had tons of guys fighting through injuries....
ALTON - Despite the cold weather hundreds of people came out for the 103rd Alton Halloween Parade. At the start of the parade, the temperature was 30 degrees and falling. The streets were lined with kids waiting for candy. Justin Akerman, age 11, said he was ready for the candy and "no cold...
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