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.
LINCOLN – East Alton-Wood River’s Jayden Ulriich and Civic Memorial’s Maura Niemeier both qualified in two events, while the Roxana 4x800-meter relay team also qualified during the Illinois High School Association girls Class 2A sectional meet Wednesday afternoon at...
EDWARDSVILLE – Metro-East Lutheran track and field athlete Iman Walker signed a letter-of-intent to attend Spring Hill College of Mobile, Ala., in a ceremony held Tuesday morning at the school. Walker will be throwing the shot put and discus for the Badgers, a Division-II school that competes...
SEE VIDEO BELOW: SEE PHOTO GALLERY: ALTON - The Mississippi River water levels are projected to diminish from 34.71 feet today at 9:30 a.m. as the week progresses, which is good news, but Alton Mayor Brant Walker and others are keeping a watchful eye on the weather forecast....
GRAFTON - The Mushroom Fest Sunday at Pere Marquette Lodge in Grafton drew a large group of visitors, despite the flooded conditions around Grafton and Alton on Saturday. Around 20 vendors participated and sold different types of things from shaved ice, nick knacks, Avon and much more. The Great...
COTTAGE HILLS - A fire started at 4:30 a.m. Monday in Cottage Hills at destroyed a home at 650 Wood River Avenue. Multiple area fire departments battled and extinguished the blaze as quickly as they could. The home was a total loss and no known cause of the fire was yet released, by the Cottage...
ALTON - The annual Alton Policeman's Ball at Bluff City Grill in Alton attracted a large crowd and was once again a huge fundraiser for various Alton Police civic activities. The chief level $2,000 sponsors were Ameren Illinois, Fast Eddies Bon-Air, and Sanders Waste. The captain level $1,000...
SEE FIRE VIDEO: BETHALTO - A very serious fire was called in at Dyno Tech at 8517 Witt in Bethalto to fire agencies around 8:45 a.m. Sunday and multiple departments responded. Dyno Tech has a Bethalto address but in the Fosterburg Fire Protection District. The fire call said there...
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