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 - Both Marquette Catholic's Lauren Lenihan and Gillespie's Sydney Bires pitched great games, but the Miners were able to push across single runs in the third and fifth innings to take a 2-0 win over the Explorers in an IHSA Class 2A softball regional final at Gordon Moore Park Saturday...
HARTFORD - Update: Illinois Route 3 has been reopened after a temporary closure from Illinois Route 143 to Hawthorne Avenue in Hartford Saturday morning. Also, Wood River Police Chief Brad Wells said as of 8:40 a.m. Saturday this update: "The Code Red Shelter in Place has been lifted for the Little...
SEE CHRIS RHODES PHOTO GALLERY: WOOD RIVER - East Alton-Wood River's senior thrower Jayden Ulrich won both the shot put and discus throw, while two relay teams from East St. Louis and Triad qualified for the state meet and two runners from Civic Memorial also qualified as the Knights won...
ROSEWOOD HEIGHTS - An alert was issued for drivers traveling Illinois Route 3 from Wood River to Hawthorne Street from about 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. Friday in Hartford because a sulfur cloud from a train car leak lifted into that area. Wood River Police Chief Brad Wells said the cloud started to rise...
SEE GALLERY: O'FALLON - Alton sprinter Renee Raglin advanced to the state meet in the 100 and 200 meters, while Edwardsville qualified two individuals - Riley Knoyle in the 1,500 meters and Kaitlyn Morningstar in the discus throw - alone with its 4x800 meter relay team as the Tigers finished...
WOOD RIVER - Wood River Police Chief Brad Wells confirmed Thursday afternoon at one point four tankers were leaking sulfur on the railroad tracks off Illinois Route 3, but they are now under control and no longer venting. Chief Wells also said the Shelter in Place map issued this Thursday morning...
SEE PHOTO GALLERY: ALTON - The Burlington, Ia., Bees jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first three innings and never looked back in their 9-5 win over the Alton River Dragons Wednesday night at Lloyd Hopkins Field at Gordon Moore Park. The River Dragons' game on Tuesday at the Cape Catfish in...
EAST ALTON - East Alton Police Department and some other agencies had a difficult situation Thursday afternoon when a man was reportedly armed in a house on Wood River Avenue in East Alton, but in the end, through some important conversation, the man put his weapon away. The man came out and was...
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