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.
CARROLLTON - The Lady Hawks kicked off their first match of their own 43rd Annual Carrollton Lady Hawk Girls Basketball Invitation Saturday morning at 9.
Seeded ninth in their own invitational, the brackets aligned in a way that the team was set to face the top-seeded Civic Memorial High Schoo...
CARROLLTON - Building on fundamental skills and coming together as a team are top priorities within the Granite City Warriors and Father McGivney Griffins girls' basketball teams.
The Warriors held command over the Griffins over the course of Saturday morning's game at the 43rd Annual Carrollton...
ALTON - Looking toward the remainder of their schedules, local teams wish to build on their strengths and work on their weaknesses in the last few weeks of the girls' basketball season.
For Marquette Catholic High School' s Explorers, led by Lee Green , the defensive skills of his team...
ALTON – Girls basketball teams from both side of the river came together this Monday for the Liberty Bank Great Rivers Shootout.
In the battle between teams from east and west of the Mississippi, each Missouri-based team came out victorious against Alton, Jersey, Hardin-Calhoun,...
The Jersey Community High School Panthers and the Hardin-Calhoun High School Warriors played in separate matches today at the Great Rivers Shootout at Alton High School.
EDWARDSVILLE – The Wildey Theatre, located at 252 N. Main St in Downtown Edwardsville, brings local and national acts to perform, entertain and excite audiences from around the region.
This week at the historic showplace, a political comedy troop, an Americana folk band and a nationally...
EDWARDSVILLE - Students, faculty and staff members at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will not be making their way to campus for classes or work on Friday, Jan. 13.
An e-Lert, or university-wide notification, was sent out at 8:29 p.m. Thursday to let the public know that day...
Area sports matchups set for later this week have experienced rescheduling and relocation as a result of the winter weather moving into the region.
Instead of facing off against Staunton on Friday night, the Roxana Shells will travel to Staunton on Thursday night. The game will start with the junior...
EAST ALTON – Small business owner Matt Bockstruck, 29, of East Alton , is venturing into the world of self-publishing with his newest book, “Paranormal Tales.”
The first time Bockstruck viewed a paranormal television show on cable, his interest in the topic flourished, finding...
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville ran out to a 24-8 quarter-time lead, then got the lead to 37-21 at the half but had to hang on to take a 62-52 Southwestern Conference win over O'Fallon Thursday night at Lucco-Jackson Gym.
"We'll take the win. These two weeks, we have to dig in and grind...
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