Cory Davenport has worked as a reporter in Alton for more than five years. Starting at the Alton Telegraph, he covered education, community events, and several large scale investigative pieces. He is a graduate of Marquette Catholic High School, and trained in radio broadcasting and mass communications at Lewis and Clark Community College. He is writing for Riverbender to serve the community through providing information. He believes a good community is a well informed community, which can celebrate achievements and remedy problems together.
ALTON - No injuries were reported, but one woman was taken into custody following a two-vehicle collision near the intersection of College Avenue and Homer Adams Parkway. Alton Police Public Information Officer Emily Hejna said the woman was taken into custody due to warrants from Madison County...
COTTAGE HILLS – Bethalto Police Officer and Shinobi Fitness owner Timothy Minnick recently won $10,000 from a national television competition called “The Million Dollar Mile.” The show, which airs on CBS, describes itself as “an unprecedented television event series”...
ST. LOUIS – Every Wednesday, the National Weather Service (NWS) in St. Louis releases its 28-day flood forecast. NWS Hydrologist Mark Fuchs said the outlook for the region shows river levels in the area are not going down anytime soon. While the forecast is mostly made for navigation for barg...
GODFREY – This time of year becomes a sort of guessing game or limbo for gardeners. As April reaches its height, many people want to set their soft plants, including the majority of vegetables and flowers. While spring has officially sprung, the looming dread of frost still lingers. Frost...
ALTON – Earth Day in the Riverbend is kind of a big deal since The Nature Institute (TNI) took the reigns. The event eventually outgrew TNI itself and moved to Piasa Harbor in Jersey County. This year, due to some staffing changes at TNI, the event was nearly canceled to return in 2020. The...
ALTON – Alton is a town full of characters. From all walks of life, Altonians work hard together to form a community, which by most accounts is pretty unique. A local artist is working to display that visage of community by painting folks she believes most embody the current atmosphere of...
ALTON – Floodwaters are again receding in Alton, as they are everywhere else in the area, but many people are left wondering if April's floods are just an opening act for something larger. Meteorologists from the National Weather Service in St. Louis have stated the wettest months of the yea...
GRANITE CITY – Commuters from Missouri to Illinois are seeing a new billboard taking a jab at Missouri's restrictive abortion laws. The billboard, located at the interchange of eastbound I-55 where it merges to eastbound I-64, says, “Welcome to Illinois, where you can get a safe, legal...
ALTON – The Riverbend is full of a great many things – two of which are people with good hearts raising money for causes and ghosts. Both of those things will be combined April 19 at the Mineral Springs Mall when Riverbend Paranormal will be hosting a ghost-hunting fundraiser for the famil...
GRAFTON – Last week, the Mississippi River at Grafton eked into the bottom tier of major flood stage – but only for a short amount of time. Signs around the area declared with great pride Grafton was still, in fact, opened for business. Those signs signify the overall spirit of the entir...
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