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.
NORMAL COMMUNITY WEST 49, EDWARDSVILLE 27: In the Highland Shootout curtain raiser, Normal Community West reeled off 13 straight points after Edwardsville scored the opening basket, and never looked back as the Wildcats defeated the Tigers. Carson Camp led West with 12 points, while Cole Hernandez...
ALTON - If they’re on their game, the Alton Redbirds are indeed a team that will give anybody a run for their money. They’ve now done that to the No. 1-ranked team in the state twice in one week. Unfortunately for the Redbirds, the Belleville West Maroons were able to escape bot...
CIVIC MEMORIAL 71, MASCOUTAH 8: Anna Hall led the Eagles with 17 points, while both Jenna Christeson and Kourtland Tyus had 10 each in CM’s rout of Mascoutah in a Mississippi Valley Conference match-up. The Eagles led throughout the game, taking a 37-4 halftime lead in coasting to the...
GLEN CARBON – Father McGivney Catholic boys cross country and track runner Elijah Burns has made much history for the Griffins by becoming the first runner in the school’s history to compete in the IHSA Class 1A State track meet last June in Charleston. And this past fall, he was par...
GLEN CARBON – Freshman forward Darren Luchetti led Father McGivney Catholic with 21 points, while junior guard Kellen Weir added 17, but the Griffins lost a close decision, falling to New Athens 54-52 Wednesday evening at the McGivney gym. It was the closest game McGivney has played since...
EAST ALTON – The Edwardsville hockey team got 2019 off to a great start by scoring four times on the power play, including their first three goals, as the Tigers defeated Francis Howell of Weldon Springs, Mo. 6-3 in a Mid-States Club Hockey Association game Tuesday night at the East...
EAST ALTON - Karen Rhodes retired Monday after 32 years in the U.S. Postal Service. Karen started as a part-time letter carrier for the United States Postal Service in Alton on Nov. 22, 1986. She worked in Alton for a year until she transferred to the East Alton Post Office because she wanted to...
76TH CENTRALIA HOLIDAY CLASSIC SATURDAY NIGHT FINAL BELLEVILLE WEST 62, ALTON 57: Alton's boys basketball team concluded the Centralia Holiday Tournament with an outstanding effort against Belleville West, one of the top teams in Illinois, Saturday night. Lawrence Brazil...
CENTRALIA - The Alton High School Redbirds moved to the Central Holiday Tourney Championship game Saturday with an 80-68 win over the Evanston Wildkits. Alton jumped to a 23-14 opening quarter lead, then at the half stayed in front 38-28. The Redbirds outscored Evanston 22-18 in the third period...
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