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.
BRIGHTON - The Brighton Police made an attempt Monday night to apprehend wanted fugitive Cody Joseph Eberlin, but he fled on foot. Eberlin is wanted on domestic battery charges. Several other police agencies responded to assist Brighton Police in the search including K-9 help. "We have no...
ALTON - The Alton Fire Department was dispatched for a serious structure fire at 5:50 a.m early Sunday morning in the 500 block of Brookside Avenue. The Alton Fire Department called a Box Alarm. East Alton Fire Department was also on the scene. When firefighters arrived the house had flames...
ALTON - The Marquette Catholic football team blew past Madison on Saturday night 46-6. Marquette dominated on offense and defense. Marquette coach Darrell Angleton said " Madison is in a rebuilding year, we wanted to come out an execute our basics. He said he had a ton of guys out because...
WOOD RIVER - The East Alton Wood River High School football team went toe-to-toe with a powerful undefeated Mt. Carmel team Saturday afternoon, but in the end, the Oilers couldn't pull the trigger and the Golden Aces defeated the Oilers 27-7 in a Week Six Non-Conference game at East Alton Wood...
ST. CHARLES COUNTY - St. Charles County Police announced today that it is actively investigating a reported armed robbery that occurred around 1:45 a.m. Friday at the Mobil on the Run in the 14000 block of U.S. Highway 67 in West Alton. Two subjects dressed in black brandished a gun on the store...
BETHALTO - Highland came into Civic Memorial Friday night and dominated the Eagles 64-28 on homecoming night. Civic Memorial needed a win against Highland to make the playoffs. The Eagles will now have to wait until next week to try that again. Eagles sophomore Kuron Parchman scored thre...
MARQUETTE CATHOLIC 24-25-25, METRO-EAST LUTHERAN 26-23-19: Kristine Lauritzen and Emma Menke both had seven kills, while Claire Spain and Abby Williams both had five kills each as Marquette took a Prairie State Conference win over Metro-East. Lauritzen also had 13 digs, while Menke scored...
FATHER MCGIVNEY CATHOLIC 8, METRO-EAST LUTHERAN 0: Thomas Hyten had a hat trick, while Nick Lacy, Jonah Mitan, Brandon Munoz, Andrew Nwacha and Clayton Scott all added goals as McGivney won at Knights Field over Metro-East. Jackson Podshandley made one save in recording the clean sheet for...
Did you know Riverbender.com is free for you thanks to our awesome advertisers? We noticed you're using an ad block software. Please give our sponsors some exposure by disabling your ad blocking service for Riverbender.com.
