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.
Firefighters from over 25 departments and 6 states including Army and Air Force fire departments trained over the weekend on Street Car Rd in Edwardsville .
WOOD RIVER – The girls' volleyball team at Jersey Community High School defeated a familiar foe on Saturday in the final of the Marquette-Wood River tournament, winning over Marquette Catholic in their third meeting of the early season 25-16, 21-25, 25-20 at EAWR Memorial Gym. It was the...
ALTON - The Alton Expo started on Wednesday, September 11, 2019, and will end on Sunday, September 15, 2019. Live music each night featured live music from The Wherehouse Project, Flip The Frog, Soulshine Groove, Mondin Band, The Dirty Muggs, Platinum Rock Legends, and Borderline. Food vendors...
BETHALTO - Civic Memorial had a hard gridiron battle Friday night against Cahokia and came up just short 22-13 against the Commanches. Civic Memorial coach Mike Parmentier said: "I thought his kids gave everything they had against a very athletic team." At the end of the first quarter, CM and...
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS SOCCER JERSEY 3, FATHER MCGIVNEY CATHOLIC 0: Jersey scored all three of their goals in the second half as the Panthers broke open a tight match to take home the three points at home. Andrew Kribs scored in the 43 rd minute, while Cody Miller struc...
BETHALTO - Amare’s Rockin' for Recovery Music Festival this past weekend at St. Louis Regional Airport in Bethalto left what organizer - Ty Bechel - described as "an amazing impact." The Amare event, in collaboration with the Metro-East Recovery Council, was sponsored by Bickle Electric Contracting...
ALTON - Marquette Catholic beat previously unbeaten Jersey High School 22-25, 25-22, 25-22 Wednesday night at Marquette in three tight games. Emma Menke recorded a team-high eight kills and five blocks. Junior outside hitter Kristine Lauritzen added seven kills and senior Peyton Zigrang chipped...
GRINNELL, Iowa – The Midwest Conference named Illinois College freshman Ju’Qui Womack (Alton, Ill./Alton HS) the Special Teams Performer of the Week on Monday after Womack’s two blocked punts helped the Blueboys knock off Rhodes College, 22-7, in the season opener on Saturday night....
ALTON - Alton Police Department was called to the 200 block of Edsall Street in Alton around 8:30 p.m Tuesday night for a subject in an altercation with his mother. Alton Police arrived on scene and saw the subject on the roof with a metal pan and a soda. Alton Police tried for several hours to talk...
ALTON - A fire broke out about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 200 block of Madison Avenue in Alton at a vacant house. The home was a two-story house and the fire appeared in the front part. Alton Fire Department and Godfrey Fire Protection District responded to a Box Alarm and Alton Police Department...
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