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 High Wind Warning has been issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) for the St. Louis Metro Area on Thursday. Gusts as high as 60 mph are possible from mid-Thursday morning until the middle of the afternoon. These gusts could cause damage to trees and utility lines, and powe...
ST. LOUIS – The “Bomb Cyclone” sweeping across most of Colorado Wednesday will be making its way toward the Riverbend Thursday. More commonly seen in the Northeast during a “Nor-Easter” than the Rockies in the middle of March, the Bomb Cyclone is a rapidly-intensifying...
ALTON - Local entrepreneur Cyrhen Songs has been vending in the Riverbend for years, having both good and bad experiences doing so. Songs said she believes many events overcharge for a slot to vend. Her own business, GlamTrashZodiac is a project she started using memory wire and precious stones...
ST LOUIS – Last week was a rough week in the Riverbend – especially for first responders. A lot of the events seeing coverage from Riverbender.com last week have some sort of relation to the importance of mental health. The Sunday before last, a 72-year-old Godfrey man is suspected t...
SEE VIDEO: ALTON - As many as 250 fire engines lined Henry Street from St. Mary's Catholic Church to Duke Bakery Tuesday morning in honor of Godfrey Firefighter Captain Jacob Ringering, 37, of East Alton. Ringering perished from wounds he sustained in the line of duty last Tuesday, March...
EAST ALTON – James Musgrave cannot remember April 26, 2007, but it was the day when fallen firefighter Jacob Ringering saved his life. Ringering perished when a part of a brick wall collapsed on him Tuesday night. He was battling a blaze in the 4600 block of Culp Lane in Bethalto as part o...
ALTON – Since hearing of the tragedy befalling the Godfrey Fire Protection District Tuesday evening, people from across the community are asking how they can help. The Godfrey Fire Protection lost 37-year-old Captain Jacob Ringering when an external wall of a home collapsed outwards during...
GODFREY – Described as a “well-respected man” and a professional by Godfrey Mayor Mike McCormick, Captain Jacob Ringering of the Godfrey Fire Protection District died in the line of duty at the age of 37 Tuesday evening. Ringering and his fellow Godfrey firefighter Luke Warner...
SEE VIDEO: GODFREY – A press conference was held regarding the death of 37-year-old Captain Jacob Ringering of the Godfrey Fire Protection District Wednesday afternoon. Ringering was killed after a brick wall of a home fully engulfed in flames collapsed in the 4600 block of Culp...
CHESTER, ILL. - A young man from the Riverbend accused of offering support to the Islamic terrorist group, ISIS, was transferred to a maximum security mental health center in Chester, Illinois Monday, his grandmother confirms. Keaun Cook, 21, of Godfrey, was charged with making terrorist threats...
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