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 – Calista Cox, a senior midfielder on Alton High School’s girls' soccer team, signed a letter of intent to play at Illinois-Springfield in a recent ceremony held at the high school. Cox will be playing for the Prairie Stars in the fall, and is looking forward to the opportunity....
GODFREY – A rally calling for the resignation of Lewis and Clark Community College (LCCC) Board Chair David Heyen was held outside the Trimpe ATC Building where the meeting of the board of trustees was set to take place later Tuesday evening. The rally began at 5:30 p.m. and was co-hosted...
GODFREY - A call for Lewis and Clark Community College Board Chair David Heyen's resignation was voted down at a Tuesday night meeting. The calls for his resignation followed anti-Islamic, anti-immigration and pro-confederacy posts on Heyen's personal Facebook page. Board members Julie Johnson,...
HARTFORD - A van collided with an 18-wheeler semi truck at Rand and Illinois Route 3 in Hartford around 9:15 a.m. Tuesday and it left a male driver seriously injured. Hartford Police, Hartford Fire, and Roxana Fire Department were on scene, along with Alton Memorial Ambulance. The driver of...
ALTON – Kane Heating and Cooling, along with a crane, installed an air handler Tuesday morning on top of Skyline Towers on Washington Avenue in Alton. The old air handler was getting old so a new air handler was brought in as a replacement. The project would last around two days to be full...
TROY - The Troy Fire Department received a call in the late afternoon for a serious fire in the 8000 block of Crystal Lane in Troy and a Box Alarm was issued. Troy, Maryville and Glen Carbon Fire Department personnel battled the blaze together as a team and had it extinguished quickly. The part...
WOOD RIVER - Jayden Ulrich captured an Illinois Elementary School state title in the shot put as an eighth-grader at East Alton Middle School in 2017 and is now headed back to the IHSA Class 2A with the same hopes as a sophomore. As a freshman, Ulrich placed fourth in the shot put at the Class 2...
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