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.
ALTON - Even though they are only a couple of weeks into their regular season, the Marquette Catholic Explorers girls basketball team (2-7) have been struggling to make put the ball in the net. In Thursday night’s battle against the Brussels High School Raiders (6-2) , the Explorer...
ALTON - Keeping the less fortunate members of the community healthy and happy is the Salvation Army of Alton ’s year round goal.
This Thursday, Dec. 3, the Army location at 525 Alby Street in Alton provided a Community Health Fair for individuals in need around the...
BETHALTO - For students of Civic Memorial High School , participating in more than one sport and a number of clubs is not a far stretch from reality.
For senior Dillon Lawrence , however, this has simply become second nature.
The son of Donnie Lawrence and Starla Laper of Bethalto,...
ALTON - When the Civic Memorial High School Eagles boys basketball team arrived at Marquette Catholic High School , they did not know that it would become so difficult to put the ball in the basket.
Fortunately for the Eagles, they ultimately topped their opponents 36-33 ...
ALTON - When Taylor Freer was only four years old, she could recognize that some kids her age were not as privileged as she was growing up.
Noticing that some of the children she went to school with may have not been receiving the Christmas gifts like she would receive each year, she decided...
EDWARDSVILLE - Marquette Catholic High School upset Southwestern 57-29 Saturday evening for third place in the gold bracket of the Metro East Lutheran Turket Tip Off Classic Tourney .
MCHS Head Coach Steve Metford was quite proud of how his team played in the contest.
...
GLEN CARBON - After nearly a week’s worth of competitive basketball and a brief intermission for Thanksgiving festivities, the main event of the Metro East Lutheran High School Turkey Tip Off Classic finally arrived.
Coming off their 42-41 win against the Southwestern...
ALTON - Since 2010, in coordination with American Express, small businesses around the country gathered to promote their shops, bakeries and more with the invention of Small Business Saturday .
In an attempt to raise awareness for the small and local businesses around the country, the...
ALTON - For 56 years, runners from around the region and beyond have gathered in Downtown Alton to participate in the Great River Road Run .
This Saturday, Nov. 28, race directors Russ and Kathy Colona welcomed more than 800 runners for 10-mile and two-mile races, sponsored by the...
EDWARDSVILLE - Throughout the week, local teams from Southwestern, East Alton-Wood River, Roxana and Marquette Catholic High Schools have all gathered at Metro East Lutheran High School to participate in their 35th annual Turkey Tipoff Classic.
Friday, the teams made their way through...
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