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.
ST. LOUIS - A secondary small crest is coming to the already inundated Riverbend area within the next 24 hours. This crest is mostly due to heavy rains that fell in Central Missouri over the last week. The swelling of the Missouri River causes a backwater effect in Alton due to its proximity t...
ALTON - While always the first to flood, Mary Morrison did not expect the Irish pub she owns to be closed for this long. Having closed due to high waters in April, Morrison's Irish Pub was only able to stay open two days in May. Otherwise, it has been vacant at the end of State Street, right where...
ALTON - RISE II, an art gallery curated by Warm Soda Magazine is currently on display at Old Bakery Beer Company. The event features works of art done by regional artists of color. Named after a reference to a poem by St. Louis Native, Maya Angelou. A closing ceremony for the gallery will take...
ALTON - This year's flooding has had a troubling economic impact in a lot of area businesses. In Alton, Morrison's Irish Pub has been closed for two months and reopening is still a future prospect without a definite date. Structural issues and wiring problems could set that reopening further in...
GODFREY - A woman told a cashier at the Casey's General Store on Godfrey Road she was being held against her will, but police say that was not the case. Madison County Chief of Detectives Dave Vucich said his office received a call from that Casey's reporting a woman who entered the store allegedly...
ALTON - To ensure the safety of students and to create a patio/walkway between its main building and STEM centers, Marquette Catholic has obtained use of a street adjacent to its west side on Easton Street in Alton. The upper part of the street will be leveled and made into a walkway and commons...
ST. LOUIS - Water levels in the area will continue falling despite rain forecasted all week. Meteorologists at the National Weather Service (NWS) in St. Louis said the chances of precipitation during each of the next seven days will not increase river levels, but may delay their fall a bit. As...
EAST ALTON - Despite opening day being a few weeks on the horizon, JJ Thermos utilized its kitchen and current staff to feed those helping the community. On Wednesday, several burgers and appetizers were concocted to serve members of the Illinois National Guard currently in town to assist with floodin...
ALTON - To honor the eternal fighting spirit of Danny Harris, a 30-year-old man struck and killed early Saturday morning, his friends and family are selling t-shirts in his honor. Showing Harris in his favorite persona - El Pollo Loco, or "The Crazy Chicken" - the shirts say "fight forever." Friends...
ALTON – Last Saturday morning, 30-year-old Danny Harris was killed on the Berm Highway in what appears to be a hit-and-run incident. In the wake of that tragedy, an entire city is mourning one of its beacons. As his brother, Drew Goble, said, Harris was a small man with a large presence. Harris...
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