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.
CHARLESTON — Civic Memorial junior Glenn Collins advanced to the boys' 800-meter final Friday, May 29, 2026, after finishing second in the prelims at the IHSA Class 2A State Track and Field Meet in Charleston with a time of 1 minute, 54.35 seconds. Collins trailed only Waterloo’s Luke...
CHARLESTON - Gillespie's Chaz Oberkfell led area qualifiers in the IHSA 1A State Boys Track and Field on Thursday, advancing in the 800 meters, 1,600 meters and he is listed in the finals of the 3,200-meter run. Oberkfell qualified in eighth place in the 800 meters with a time of 1:58.25 on Thursday....
CHARLESTON — Gillespie distance runner Chaz Oberkfell put himself in position for a strong finish at the IHSA Class 1A Boys State Track and Field Meet by posting the fastest qualifying time in the 1,600 meters Thursday, May 28, 2026, at Eastern Illinois University. Oberkfell ran 4 minutes, 23.6...
EDWARDSVILLE - Metro East Lutheran’s Jack Shank delivered one of the top performances in the IHSA Class 1A Boys state track and field preliminaries Thursday, May 28, 2026, in Charleston, running a personal-record 4 minutes, 26.41 seconds in the 1,600 meters to advance to the finals in fourth...
CHARLESTON — Father McGivney Catholic’s boys 4x800-meter relay team advanced to the IHSA Class 1A State Track and Field finals after placing 11th in the preliminaries Thursday, May 28, 2026, in Charleston, with the team saying its main objective was to qualify for Saturday’s final....
ALTON - Marquette Catholic held a state-finals send-off Wednesday morning, May 27, 2026, for students Jack Beaber and Hubert Allen as they prepared to compete this week in state events representing the school. As part of the school’s tradition, both athletes received a rosary and a blessing...
EDWARDSVILLE — Albert Lee Zigler was ordered to be held in the Madison County Jail pending trial after appearing Wednesday before Judge Hackett for a detention hearing in the 1993 murder of Randy Gail Sperino of Granite City. Hackett ruled that Zigler should remain jailed until trial in the...
VENICE - Venice Police Department responded Tuesday afternoon to a reported shooting at the intersection of Market Street and Selb Street in Venice. Officers arriving at the scene found a victim who had been shot inside a vehicle. EMS personnel transported the victim by ambulance to a hospital...
Illinois State Police, working alongside the Venice Police Department, are investigating a shooting that unfolded Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of Market Street and Selb Street.
ALTON — A man possibly armed with a weapon surrendered peacefully to Alton police Tuesday afternoon, May 26, 2026, after officers responded to the area behind My Just Desserts at 31 East Broadway in Alton. Several police officers responded to the call about the man on Broadway as onlookers...
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