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 - The Alton Police Department received a call of a "Person laying in the roadway" shortly after 3:45 a.m. on Saturday, June 8, on Illinois 143 between Lock and Dam Way and Christopher Belchik Expressway. Officers responded to the scene and found an unresponsive person in the roadway. Alton Fire...
ST. LOUIS - The worst is over - for now - in regards to flooding in the Riverbend following tomorrow's predicted crests. National Weather Service (NWS) Hydrologist Mark Fuchs said flood waters will begin receding following tomorrow's crests, saying the most significant effects will be seen...
ST. ANN, Mo. - A well-remembered St. Louis area child murder case appears to be solved after 25 years. Wednesday, a suspect - 61-year-old Earl Webster Cox - was charged with the Angie Housman murder on Nov. 18, 1993, by the St. Charles County Prosecuting Attorney's Office. The suspect was a match...
ALTON - The Alton Public Works crew is extending the massive flood wall two feet in height with concrete blocks on State Street and behind Morrison's. "We are built to an elevation of 40 feet as far as flood stages are concerned," Alton Public Works Director Bob Barnhart said. "That gives us abou...
EAST ALTON - The flood gates at Illinois Route 3 and Broadway were closed Tuesday morning. Officials with the village of East Alton, the Illinois Department of Transportation, Wood River Drainage and Levee District and Madison County Emergency Management Agency met on Monday to discuss the...
ALTON - The Mississippi River at the Melvin Price Lock and Dam in Alton is approaching 38 feet Monday afternoon. The reading at 4 p.m. Monday was 37.78 feet with a crest of 39.2 feet projected Thursday, June 6. The projected crest would only be 2.5 feet less than the 1993 record crest...
MADISON COUNTY - The Madison County Emergency Management Agency announced Monday afternoon that starting at 9 a.m. Tuesday, June 4, crews will begin closing the floodgates of Broadway/West St. Louis Avenue at “The Islands” in East Alton. “The gates are being closed in anticipation...
ALTON - The near record-breaking flooding along the Mississippi River in recent weeks has contributed to yet another tiny problem called the buffalo gnat. The buffalo gnat has always been in the area, but with the recent flooding, they have been worse. Buffalo gnats usually lay their eggs in water...
ALTON - The Mississippi River levels at the Melvin Price Lock and Dam in Alton on Sunday cracked the June 18, 1844, crest of 36.90 feet. As of 4 p.m. Sunday, the river level stood at 37.23 feet. The third highest crest was 36.89 feet on April 28, 1973, and that was also smashed. The next...
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