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.
BOONE COUNTY, MO. - An East Alton man died after being struck by a vehicle in Missouri on Tuesday night, police said. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Jeremy D. Hall, 37, was walking in the passing lane of southbound U.S. 63, two-tenths of a mile south of Peterson Lane in Boone County....
ALTON - The Alton Knights of Columbus Quarterback held its 2019 first awards banquet of the year on Tuesday night. The awards were for week one through three of the high school football season. In week one the award for Offensive Line of the Week went to East Alton Wood River Oilers. They had 257 tota...
WOOD RIVER - Ethan Moore, a senior soccer player, is the September Male Athlete of the Month for East Alton Wood River High School. Moore's coach is Mike Lawson. Moore has played soccer since his childhood. He likes soccer because of the team concept with the sport. "I would like to thank my coach...
WOOD RIVER - Aubrey Robinson, a senior Volleyball player, is the September Female Athlete of the Month for East Alton Wood River High School. Robinson's coach is Patricia Scott, and she has been playing volleyball since sixth grade, and she loves it so much because it is so fun for her, and because...
BETHALTO - Sydney Henke, a senior volleyball player, is the September Female Athlete of the Month for Civic Memorial High School. Kristie Ochs is her coach. Henke has played volleyball for seven years with the school district and four years playing club volleyball. “I would like to thank...
SOUTHWESTERN – Brianna Roloff, a junior volleyball player, is September Female Athlete of the Month for Southwestern High School. Roloff coach is Julie Edwards. Roloff has been playing volleyball since she was in seventh grade. The aspect of volleyball that she loves the most is the energy...
GRANITE CITY - Chessy Nikonowicz, a Senior cross country runner, is the September Female Athlete of the Month for Granite City High School. Nikonowicz's coach is Richie Skirball, and she has run cross country for four years of high school but she has been running since fourth grade. “I would...
GODFREY - The Benjamin Godfrey Legacy Trail Committee dedicated the historic seven site trail project to the Great Rivers Routes Tourism Bureau during a public ceremony at 11 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 21, at Lewis & Clark Community College. The ceremony was held at the Benjamin Godfrey Memorial Chapel...
ALTON - Marquette junior quarterback Jake Hewitt, had a great game for the Explorers on Friday night, with 129 - yard rushing yards and 3 rushing touchdowns. Hewitt helped put away the EAWR Oilers 35-14 to make Marquette 2-2 overall and 2-0 in the conference. "Our line gave me so much time to ru...
EDWARDSVILLE – Justin Johnson Jr, a junior football player, is the September Male Athlete of the Month for Edwardsville High School. Johnson had an outstanding effort in the first two Edwardsville games which led to receiving this award. In the game against CBC, He finished with 195 rushing...
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