Madelaine Gerard is a Staff Writer and Photographer for RiverBender.com.
Born in Alton, Gerard has always been a native of the Riverbend. After attending Bethalto Community District No. 8 schools, she went on to attend Southern Illinois University Edwardsville where she received her BA in Mass Communications. She is currently working toward her Master's degree.
In her free time, Gerard loves to binge-watch television shows on Netflix, go to the movies, and look at funny cat pictures on the Internet.
EDWARDSVILLE – Fans of classic Hollywood noir films, baseball and 1980s adventure films are in for a treat this August at the Wildey Theatre , located at 252 N. Main St. in Edwardsville.
Each Tuesday of the month, the Theatre offers the community the opportunity to view some of...
EAST ALTON/WOOD RIVER - For a team like the Oilers from East Alton-Wood River High School, a fresh start to a brand new season can be crucial to revitalizing this young team.
Coming off a rocky 2015 season with his young team, head coach Garry Herron made sure that he and his coaching staff...
ROXANA - After a 7-3 season, the Roxana High School Shells football team are ready to head back on to the gridiron and show their tough South Central Conference competitors what the revitalized squad is all about this season.
The Shells, led by Pat Keith , celebrate their victories...
ALTON – The middle of August has nearly arrived and kids around the area are hanging their heads low as they have to head back to school next week.
Luckily for them, the Alton High School National Honors Society had a cool and unique way for the children of the community to wrap up...
EDWARDSVILLE – Although the scorching heat and humidity had several residents in the community headed toward the new community pool or Leon Corlew Park splash pad, the members of the Edwardsville High School Marching Tigers band hit the practice field for their annual band camp.
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The Edwardsville High School Marching Tigers met for extensive practices during their excrutiating band camp in Aug. The band will perform for their friends and family at their exhibition performance at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 12 at the EHS Sports Complex.
ALTON - As they put on their helmets for a new football season, the Alton High School Redbirds are using the clean slate as motivation for the weeks to come.
Kicking off their first official day of practice with drills beginning at 7 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 8 , the Redbirds arrived at the...
BETHALTO - With clouds blocking the summer sun and temperatures just tipping over the 70-degree mark at 8 a.m. Monday morning, the official start of the football season for the Civic Memorial High School Eagles could not have come at a better time or day for the squad.
Mike Parmentier...
The East Alton-Wood River High School Oilers football team kicked off their season with the first official day of practice at 8 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 8.
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