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.
EDWARDSVILLE – Many residents from around the region put down their forks after their large Thanksgiving meals, headed to their cars and traveled out to the numerous retailers holding special sales.
These Black Friday deals, which range from heavy discounts on electronics, clothing,...
ROXANA 67, DUPO 32: Roxana got out to a 22-8 quarter-time lead on Dupo and ran out to a 67-32 win in the Shells' opener at the Metro East Lutheran Thanksgiving Turkey Tip-Off Classic in Edwardsville Tuesday night.
The 1-0 Shells meet up with Gillespie at 5:30 p.m. today at MEL's Hooks Gym...
ALTON – In their first home game of the season, the Marquette Catholic High School girls’ basketball team defeated the East Alton-Wood River Oilers 55-25 Monday night.
“It feels great,” Marquette coach Lee Green said. “Since day one when I took this job,...
FREEBURG 54, METRO EAST LUTHERAN JV 17: Freeburg took a 32-11 halftime lead and went on to defeat the Metro East Lutheran JV 54-17 in a pool play game of the MEL Turkey Tipoff Classic Monday night.
Cooper Krone led the Knight JV with seven points, with Jason Williams adding five. Parker...
EDWARDSVILLE – With the Metro-East Lutheran High School Thanksgiving Turkey Tip-Off officially underway, boys’ basketball teams from around the region were ready to square off against one another to start the season.
Shortly after the start of the Odin-Gibault matchup...
HARDIN – Anyone who witnessed the Calhoun-St. Teresa football game knew it was something special.
Calhoun hadn’t hosted a game of that magnitude since 1993 when they went on to capture a state title in IHSA Class 1A football.
Bank of Calhoun President...
ALTON – Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church, the oldest Catholic parish in Alton, kicked off the holiday season with two pivotal events this Saturday.
Those literally “pining” to put up a fresh Christmas trees now have the chance to check out the live tree...
ALTON – Local law enforcement agencies are always trying to find out ways to help foster positive relationships with the community’s youth. With community support for the men and women and blue coming out in droves after the death of Alton native Officer Blake Snyder, a push to...
ALTON – The holiday season was welcomed with open arms this weekend in Downtown Alton.
Immediately following the annual tree-lighting event downtown, the RiverBender.com Community Center’s Annual Holiday Open House allowed visitors to see exactly what the organization...
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ALTON – In the words of Edna Ferber, “Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling.”
In that case, the feeling was truthfully mutual within the hearts of several Altonians at Friday evening’s 22 nd annual Tree-Lighting...
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