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 - Another suspicious fire blazed in Alton in the early morning hours of Wednesday, and authorities are calling the cause suspicious. Alton Fire Chief Bernie Sebold said firefighters were called to the most recent blaze at 1025 Willard Street at 3:03 a.m. Wednesday morning. Sebold said h...
ALTON - Alton’s Fire Department was dispatched to a fully involved vacant home fire at 1025 Willard in Alton at 3:15 a.m. Wednesday. Also called to the scene were East Alton Fire Department, Alton Police Department and Alton Memorial Ambulance. The Alton Fire Department is at the scene...
EAST ALTON - The East Alton Police and Fire Departments responded to an accident that involved a tractor trailer that turned and struck a power pole in East Alton on Thursday at Kingshighway and Grand. The tractor trailer did not have power lines draped around it as first dispatched. The call cam...
EAST ALTON – It is unknown at this time if schools in the East Alton School District will receive new names after a public hearing, but no one seemed in favor of it. Outgoing East Alton Superintendent Virgil Moore, who will be retiring from the district this coming August, said new marquees...
SEE PHOTO GALLERY BY RIVERBENDER.COM'S CHRIS RHODES BELOW: LITCHFIELD - Skeletal remains located Wednesday afternoon at Lake Lou Yaeger in Litchfield have been confirmed not to be that of Macoupin County’s Denita Hedden, missing since January. A press conference Thursday afternoon...
LITCHFIELD - Skeletal remains were located Wednesday afternoon at Lake Lou Yaeger in Litchfield. At 4:05 p.m. on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, Litchfield Police Department contacted ISP Zone 6 Investigations after finding skeletal remains at Lake Lou Yaeger. At this time it is unknown of race, sex,...
DOW - A blazing fire destroyed a home and multiple vehicles at a residence at the corner of Alva and Elm streets in Dow Thursday night. QEM Fire Protection District Chief Gerry New said the call came in mid-evening and when QEM and other responders arrived it was an extremely difficult situation....
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville, Glen Carbon and Wood River Fire Departments were dispatched to a call of a warehouse fire to 3049 Westway Drive around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. When Riverbender.com/Edglentoday.com arrived on scene there were not flames visible, but the fire departments were gathered in...
WOOD RIVER - Wood River Fire Department raced to a vehicle fire at Sotier Place and Hawthorne in Wood River about 5:55 p.m. Friday. The fire department arrived on the scene and quickly extinguished the fire before it spread to a garage close by. The Wood River Police also responded to the scene....
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