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.
Runners from across the US gathered at the Liberty Bank Alton Amphitheater to compete in Alton's Half Marathon. The route is designed to offer views of the Mississippi and is available to runners for three and a half hours before barricades are taken down and roads are reopened.
SEE VIDEO: ROXANA - The Annual Blessing of the Bikes event in Roxana attracted estimated 800-plus riders on Sunday at Roxana Park. The event began at the Roxana Church of the Nazarene, with a service at 10 a.m. and the Blessing of the Bikes occurred at noon. Lynn Hatfield, a spokesperson...
ALTON – An eighth-inning error by Zach Vaughn allowed Jackson Brooks to score the winning run as Alton won a see-saw game over Civic Memorial 11-10 Saturday afternoon at Alton High’s ballpark. It was a game where the lead changed hands frequently, with the Eagles tying things...
MADISON COUNTY - Alton Police Public Information Officer Emily Hejna said the Alton Police Department is investigating a crash possibly connected to a shooting Friday night in Alton. The crash occurred near the intersection of Highways 159 and 140 between Meadowbrook and Hamel around 8 p.m....
ALTON - Alton Police Chief Jason Simmons confirmed a shooting death had occurred Friday evening in Alton. While details are scarce at this time, Simmons said the incident occurred in the 2500 block of Brown Street near the intersection at the Piasa Pantry gas station. It is far too early i...
JERSEYVILLE - Jared Hanna was 28 when he went missing on July 2, 2011. Jared was last seen in Centralia, IL., which is located in Clinton Co. His white 1990 GMC Sierra truck was found abandoned on Joliff Bridge Road as well. Jared would be 35 years old. Several extensive searches of the area where...
EDWARDSVILLE - The Madison County State’s Attorney’s Office Tuesday afternoon announced it had charged Zachary Capers, 23, with four counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Michael Ladd, 79, and Dr. Lois Ladd, 68. Capers' last known address was reportedly Collinsville, bu...
EAST ALTON-WOOD RIVER SWEEPS QUADRANGULAR MEETS: The boys and girls track and field teams at East Alton-Wood River swept a pair of quadrangular meets on Wednesday at EAWR Memorial Stadium. The Oilers' boys team won with 107 points, outdistancing Marquette Catholic, who had 57,...
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