EDWARDSVILLE --- Senior forward Cameron Gusewelle was one of the hardest workers on the Metro-East Lutheran High School boys basketball team this past season, averaging 5.3 points-per-game as the Knights finished the season at 14-17. Gusewelle's work ethic, along with a love for the game, has...
PIASA - Kyleigh Hallows, a senior on the girls bowling team at Piasa Southwestern High School, enjoyed a successful senior year during the 2019-20 season, earning many Riverbender Conference honors, and climaxing her season with a six-game series of 891 at the IHSA regional tournament at Jerseyville's...
ALTON --- Although senior distance runner Riley Vickrey has been able to compete in only one track meet thus far, the Illinois College indoor meet in Jacksonville, it was a very good one for her, indeed. Vickrey ran the 1,600-meters in 5:23, missing her personal record by a second, and was also...
WASHINGTON - A $2 trillion economic stimulus bill, designed to assist individuals and small businesses hit by the current COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic, and also believed to be the largest bill of its kind in American history, passed the United State Senate by a vote of 96-0 early Thursday morning,...
ALTON - Senior point guard Spencer Cox enjoyed a successful senior season for Marquette Catholic, averaging 9.2 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.4 steals-per-game in helping the Explorers to a 26-7 record and their third consecutive appearance in the IHSA Class 2A Sweet Sixteen. For his accomplishments...
ALTON - The girls and boys track and field teams at Marquette Catholic High School are poised to have one of their best seasons ever, with top talent returning, including a pair of top-ten runners in the state of Illinois. But the season has already ground to a halt, even before a regular-season...
ALTON - Alton junior basketball player Lay'lhany Davis was one of the hardest workers for the Redbirds this season, averaging 1.1 points and 3.1 rebounds-per-game during a 4-25 season, serving as a role model for a very young team. It's for that reason that Davis was named the Riverbender.com Female...
COLLINSVILLE - Edwardsville junior forward Katelynne Roberts played an important part of the Tigers' girls basketball season, especially in the IHSA Class 4A Collinsville regional final on Feb. 21, as Roberts scored 10 points to help the Tigers rally to a 50-40 win over the host Kahoks at Vergil...
BETHALTO - Alex Reams, a senior basketball player for Civic Memorial High School, was one of the Eagles' statistical leaders for the just-completed 2019-20 season. Reams led the team in scoring with a 10.4 points-per-game average, and also averaged 5.3 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.6 steals-per-game...
PONTOON BEACH - Madison County Transit, the agency for public transportation in Madison County, suspended all bus fares on its fixed-route and Paratransit services, and also enacted new procedures and rules to keep its bus drivers, passengers and other employees safe after an emergency meeting of...
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