Chris Rhodes is a photographer and reporter for RiverBender and EdGlenToday.com. He is a graduate of Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey, IL with a degree in Criminal Justice. He also runs the Madison County Scanner Page.
Chris loves camping,fishing, and photography. Chris is an Eagle Scout and lives in East Alton.
ALTON - The Alton Fire Department and Alton Police Department continued a busy morning Wednesday around 11:45 a.m. with a fire call in the 200 block of Main Street in Alton. When the Alton Fire Department arrived, it discovered a garage fully engulfed in flames. The fire department quickly extinguished...
ALTON - Alton Police Department Chief Marcos Pulido provided more information about the incident on the Clark Bridge Wednesday morning where a woman jumped from the bridge. "At 8:13 a.m. on May 26, 2021, the Alton Police Department was notified that there was someone on the ledge of the Clark Bridge,...
ALTON - Alton Police and Fire Department members responded around 8:15 Wednesday morning to a report of a woman threatening to jump off the Clark Bridge in Alton. The woman reportedly jumped off the bridge at 8:58 a.m. Wednesday. The Alton Fire Boat was able to get the woman out of the water to a...
SEE GAME VIDEO: ROXANA 3, JERSEY 0: Roxana scored once in the opening inning, then tacked on two more runs in the sixth in their win over Jersey at Roxana City Park. Braeden Wells had two hits and two RBIs for the Shells, while Gavin Huffman had a hit and the other RBI and Kaleb Hinkle-Pruett,...
Godfrey Fire Protection District and Alton Fire Department first responders rushed to a serious two-vehicle crash at Northport Drive and Martin Luther King Drive close to the Godfrey/Alton border around 9 a.m. Tuesday. One of the vehicles careened off the road onto the Woody's Chicken parking lot....
EDWARDSVILLE - The driver of a pickup truck that landed in a creek bed Monday night across from Lincoln Middle School off Illinois Route 157 was transported with serious injuries to a St. Louis hospital, Edwardsville Fire Chief James Whiteford said Tuesday morning. Chief Whiteford did not specify...
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville Police and Edwardsville Fire Department worked a scene around 10 p.m. Monday when a truck ran off the road and landed in a creek across from Lincoln Middle School in Edwardsville off Illinois Route 157. The driver of the truck in the single-vehicle accident was ejected...
EAST ALTON - East Alton Fire Department has a considerable amount to be proud of this week as Friday, May 21, 2021, is the day of its 100th anniversary. On May 28, 1921, the East Alton Fire Department started its journey. For a century, the East Alton Fire Department members have served their community...
CIVIC MEMORIAL 6, ALTON 5: CM rallied from a 5-1 deficit in the top of the sixth to score three times in the home half of the sixth, then scored twice in the seventh to pull out a win over Alton at the Bethalto Sports Complex. Ian Heflin had two hits for the Eagles, while Braden Arview, Nick Brousseau,...
ALTON - Alton's boys tennis team notched a big 5-4 win over Waterloo on Friday. Luke Boyd and Victor Humphrey won a close three set match at number two doubles to help Alton High defeat Waterloo 5-4 in Waterloo. Parker Mayhew, James McKeever, Chance Linenfelser plus Humphrey won singles matches...
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