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.
JERSEYVILLE – The rain could not stifle the glitz and glam of the 56 th Annual Jersey County Fair Pageant this Wednesday evening.
Although some adjustments had to be made to the final itinerary due to the threat of severe weather, the pageant committee pulled out all of...
ALTON - For early risers, yoga novices or aficionados and lovers of the great outdoors, a new series of special classes is a match made in heaven for two entities.
River Bend Yoga and the RiverBender.com Community Center are partnering up for their new Rooftop Sunrise Yoga series. The...
EDWARDSVILLE - Source Juicery and their neighbors on Main Street in Edwardsville are currently without power after the wave of thunderstorms that ravaged the area Wednesday afternoon.
A post made on the business’ Facebook early Thursday morning stated that the block is...
WASHINGTON D.C. – In a dynamic move in the 2016 Presidential race, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders has officially passed his endorsement onto Hillary Clinton to be the next President of the United States.
In a message published on his official Facebook page entitled “Forever...
ALTON – A new mobile application is taking the world by storm, inspiring users to “be the very best like no one ever was.”
Pokémon Go , a location-based augmented reality mobile game, has allowed members of just about every generation to get out into th...
ALTON - From Dallas, Texas, to Ballwin, Mo., violent acts including law enforcement have been plaguing the airwaves. One local man is doing his part to show his support for our area's agencies in their time of need.
Chris Rhodes, the operator of the Madison County Illinois Scanner Page...
ALTON - Sunday morning, Alton Mayor Brant Walker said that the city was doing "everything it could" to ensure that the annual fireworks display would go as planned.
Fortunately for him, the city and the thousands of people who file into the various viewing spots downtown, the fireworks displa...
This morning, Alton Mayor Brant Walker said that the city was doing "everything it could" to ensure that the annual fireworks display would go as planned.
Fortunately for him, the city and the thousands of people who file into the various viewing spots downtown, the fireworks display carried on a...
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