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.
COTTAGE HILLS - An elderly woman had an intense scare when her vehicle was leaving the Community Hope Center back parking lot on Thursday morning. The call came out at 9:50 a.m. that a woman was entrapped in her vehicle rolled over on the driver’s side at the Hope Center. The woman hi...
ALTON - Alton firefighters battled a difficult blaze close to midnight Sunday, then another at noon nearby the other later in the day. One was in the 1100 block of Hampton and the other the 1400 block of Fletcher in Alton. The state fire marshal was called in to join the Alton Fire Department...
WOOD RIVER - The Fruit Stand at 365 E. Edwardsville Road in Wood River, suffered what Wood River Police Chief Brad Wells described as “extensive damage” when a motorist lost control and rammed into the business about 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Wood River Police and Wood River Fire Department...
MORO - A brush fire in rural Moro spread and fire departments from Holiday Shores, Prairietown, Hamel, and Dorsey responded Tuesday morning. The fire was in both Prairietown and Dorsey's areas, but because of the nature of the brush blaze, mutual aid was called from Hamel and Dorsey. Both...
ALTON - The Alton Fire Department quickly attacked a blaze that broke out in the basement of a home in the 1100 block of Seiler Street and within mere minutes had the fire out. The call to the Alton Fire Department came in at 10:16 a.m. Monday. Alton Fire Department Battalion Chief Brad Sweetman...
ALTON - Katie McBee and Trish Holmes of the RiverBend Growth Association had an idea to rally people together at Alton Square Mall for a Take A Lap For Alton event and it was a big success. The walk started at 4:30 p.m. and ended at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Alton Square Mall. The walk was to serve...
ROYAL LAKES - The intense investigation into the disappearance of Denita Hedden continues. On Monday afternoon, those searching were focused on the Bunker Hill Reservoir No. 2 area. Lt. Kris Tharp, Deputy Commander of the Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis, made a comment late Monday night...
SOUTH ROXANA - An array of area firefighters teamed together and quickly extinguished an unattached garage fire at the corner of Sinclair Avenue and Wilson Street in South Roxana just after 4 p.m. Monday. Firefighters from South Roxana, Roxana, Hartford, Wood River and Edwardsville teamed...
ROYAL LAKES - A massive search with area law enforcement has taken place the past few days for missing person Denita M. Hedden, 37, of Royal Lakes, in a large area that includes not only Royal Lakes, but surrounding areas. “There are approximately 100 participants involved in the...
ALTON - At around 3:50 a.m. Tuesday, the Alton Fire Department was paged out for a commercial structure fire at 1425 Pearl Street in Alton. When the Alton Fire Department arrived, they encountered fire through the roof. Alton requested a Box Alarm which brought East Alton Fire Department and Woo...
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