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.
In their Southwestern Conference match up this Thursday, the O’Fallon High School Panthers (7-1) defeated the Alton High School Redbirds baseball team (5-3) 7-0 after seven innings of play.
ALTON – It’s time to bring your Pinterest dream projects to life this Friday evening at the RiverBender.com Community Center .
Along with Vickie Hopkins, owner of Party on Broadway , crafty guests at Friday’s Open Play between 6 and 10:00 p.m. can create a one-of-a-kind...
ALTON - Get ready for the fiesta of the year; Alton Main Street invites you to a Cinco de Mayo themed Pub Crawl in Downtown Alton on Thursday, May 5 th ! 13 of Alton's best bars and restaurants are participating in what will be the biggest crawl that Downtown Alton has seen yet, so get...
EDWARDSVILLE – To any parent, seeing their child struggle or fall behind in school can be a difficult experience. Sometimes, their children just may need the extra push to turn that C or B into an A or A+.
For over 15 years, Sylvan Learning Center of Edwardsville utilizes a personal...
ALTON – With mostly sunny skies, a nice breeze on top of temperatures well into the 80s, it was a perfect day for a baseball game at Gordon Moore Park .
Luckily for the East Alton-Wood River High School Oilers baseball team, it was also a perfect day for a 2-1 win against the...
With mostly sunny skies, a nice breeze on top of temperatures well into the 80s, it was a perfect day for a ball game at Gordon Moore Park.
Luckily for the East Alton-Wood River High School Oilers baseball team, it was also a perfect day for a 2-1 win against the Marquette Catholic High School Explorers...
EDWARDSVILLE – Delicious local eateries, businesses and a sold out crowd of over 500 guests joined together in perfect harmony for the eighth annual Taste of Edwardsville event at the Leclaire Room .
As the lucky ticketholders arrived at the fundraiser, which benefits the Edwardsville...
EDWARDSVILLE - It was a perfect afternoon to hang out with friends and family, listen to live music, sip on some brews and enjoy the beautiful weather as Global Brew Tap House hosted their fourth annual Spring Beer Festival at the Edwardsville City Park .
Between 11 a.m. and 8 p.m ....
Global Brew Tap House hosted their fourth annual Edwardsville Spring Beer Festival on Saturday, April 23. For the first year of the event's history, rain was not in the forecast and the festival went off without a hitch to large crowds, amazing music acts and of course, plenty of brews on tap. ...
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