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.
ALTON - Police have released a description of a vehicle believed to have hit and killed 30-year-old Danny Harris of Wood River. According to a release sent late Wednesday afternoon from Alton Police Public Information Officer Emily Hejna, police are looking for a Chrysler minivan made between 2001-2007....
HARDIN - The residents of Calhoun County are doing their best to cope with floodwaters as they are receding across the area. Following the overtop of the Nutwood Levee, residents of Calhoun are now further isolated from the rest of the world. While that overtop created lower crests for Alton and...
GRAFTON - One of the oldest churches in Jersey County is in danger of damage from the area's second-highest historical flood. Grafton's Methodist Church, located near its city hall, is currently experiencing water seepage in its basement. While otherwise defended by sandbags and a newly- constructed...
ST. LOUIS - Waters are expected to recede following crests across the region late last week during what is now looking like the second largest flood in the region's history. In two days, Alton will go from 38.6 to 37.3 feet, a drop of more than a foot, more rain is predicted to reach the area thi...
SEE MIDWEST MEMBERS CREDIT UNION SKY CAM PHOTO GALLERY: GODFREY - While communities such as Grafton, Hardin, and Alton are being drastically impacted by this year's historic floods, damage is also being done to parts of Godfrey. Between Alton and Elsah on the Great River Road, Godfrey neighborhoods...
ST. LOUIS - The worst is over - for now - in regards to flooding in the Riverbend following tomorrow's predicted crests. National Weather Service (NWS) Hydrologist Mark Fuchs said flood waters will begin receding following tomorrow's crests, saying the most significant effects will be seen...
ST. LOUIS - According to recent predictions from the National Weather Service (NWS), the (not-so-great) Flood of 2019 may be reaching a reprieve. The breach of the Nutwood Levee earlier this week was unfortunate for folks in Jersey, Calhoun and Greene Counties, but it lowered predicted crests downriver...
ALTON - While this not-so-great Flood of 2019 is ravaging several businesses and entire communities, some are making the best of it. Last week, Jason Nicholson went viral on local Facebook pages for photos taken of him kayaking through Downtown Alton toward the Great River Road, which is now sadly...
HARDIN - On Monday, flood waters began to pour over the Nutwood Levee, isolating Calhoun County even further from the rest of the area. This new breach is filling the bowl-shaped area of farmland surrounding Route 16 in Jersey and a sliver of Greene County with water at a rate of a few feet an hour,...
ST. LOUIS - According to the next 24 hours of forecast precipitation, predicted crests in the area are at the same levels they were late last week - but that could change. Currently, Alton's forecast crest is 39.2 feet, Grafton's is 36 and Hardin is at 40.5. The last of those will likely overtop...
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