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 - Alton Main Street's inaugural Small Town Big World festival brought various cultures to the forefront in Alton throughout the day Saturday.
Several local businesses and organizations took part in the event, which was hosted to celebrate the diversity of Alton's various cultures. Events,...
EDWARDSVILLE - When it comes to helping the community, the Edwardsville Fire Department does much more than just extinguishing fires, performing other rescue operations and saving scared kittens from trees (the last of which only really happens in the movies).
Of course, their hard work does...
ALTON - The Triad High School Knights had a hot outing against the Marquette Catholic High School Explorers Saturday at Gordon Moore Park.
The Explorers could not hold up in the 12 p.m. start against the Knights, falling 10-0. This loss comes after a 5-1 win on Thursday against Granite...
EDWARDSVILLE - Though there have only been two games of the season so far, the Civic Memorial Eagles baseball team is off to a solid start.
The Eagles brought their record to 2-0 by taking down Belleville East with 3-2 victory Friday afternoon in Edwardsville as part of the Prep Baseball Repor...
EDWARDSVILLE – The early season jitters were knocked away with ease when the Civic Memorial High School Eagles hit Tom Pile Field in Edwardsville to battle against the Mount Vernon Rams Thursday afternoon.
The Eagles brought home a 5-2 win over the Rams in their first game of...
GLEN CARBON - Glen Carbon Police and the Madison County Sheriff's Department provided a release of a person of interest who is possibly endangered Thursday morning.
Cristy L. Campbell, 32, is described as a white female, 4-11, 97 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.
According to Madiso...
GLEN CARBON - One person is dead after a fatal house fire broke out early Thursday morning at 15 Dogwood Lane in Glen Carbon.
Glen Carbon Fire officials confirmed that one adult was dead following the fire. The gender or age of this person has not been released. Six children lived in the hom...
WOOD RIVER - With six decades of experience, eight locations across the country and more than 80 employees, Werts Welding and Tank Service still calls Wood River, Illinois home.
Owner Dwight Werts said Wood River would always be home, because that is where the business began when his father (Rober...
ALTON - The Riverbend area was hit with some snow on the ground Monday morning. There has been such little snow through the winter that the flurries almost were a surprise to area residents. Roads around town were clear, though, with most snow evaporating when it hit the pavement. The National...
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