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.
JERSEYVILLE – For four decades, McCarry's Dairyland has been a mainstay in Jerseyville. The ice cream shop and snack shack has been located at 400 W. Carpenter since moving from the intersections of Highways 109 and 67 since 1990. Since its founding in 1979 by Sue Goodwin and Greg McCarry...
ST. LOUIS – Winter weather predicted for this evening into Thursday morning may not be as bad as anticipated – if it is anything at all. National Weather Service (NWS) Meteorologist Fred Glass said the system with the potential to bring a glaze of freezing rain with the possibility o...
BRIGHTON – Southwestern Superintendent Brad Skertich is leaving the Southwestern School District, where he has served as its chief administrator for nearly a decade. After nine years, Skertich has decided to take a position as the superintendent of the not-too-distant Collinsville School District...
ST. LOUIS – A wintry mix is predicted to strike the area Wednesday night into Thursday morning, but it is not looking like too major of an inconvenience at this time. National Weather Service Meteorologist Jared Maples said a cold front is moving into the area around midnight Thursday morning....
EDWARDSVILLE – Regardless of political affiliations, most voters in Madison County are for the Second Amendment. Recently, Madison County voters overwhelmingly decided to make the county a Second Amendment Sanctuary, something Madison County State's Attorney Tom Gibbons, a Democrat himself,...
ALTON – The Casey's, located at 3499 Fosterburg Road in Alton, faced an attempted burglary in the early hours of Monday morning. Witnesses, who contacted Riverbender.com via Facebook, reported seeing police on the scene just after 1:30 a.m. Sunday morning. Alton Police Chief Jason Simmons...
GODFREY – Emergency crews responded to a rollover crash on Humbert Road in Godfrey, near Roach Road Sunday evening. Just before 5:30 p.m., two vehicles collided, leaving one rolled onto its top. An occupant in that vehicle was trapped in the wreckage and was rescued by emergency crews. Captain...
ST. LOUIS – The National Weather Service (NWS) has released its spring flooding forecast, and to be honest, the results do not look great for river communities. NWS Meteorologist Melissa Byrd said the first of the spring flooding outlooks was released recently, and it showed “significant...
DELHI - At least two vehicles were involved in a crash just north of Delhi on Highway 67 in Jersey County between 11:30 and noon Monday. It is unknown at this time if anyone was injured in the crash. Scanner traffic indicated an ambulance from Jersey Community Hospital was dispatched to the scene....
EDWARDSVILLE – The Madison County Sheriff's Office is seeking information on two golf course burglaries, which took place over the past weekend. Captain Mike Dixon said the Arlington Golf Course in Granite City was struck first. A worker reported the property had been burglarized just after...
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