Chris Rhodes is a photographer and reporter for RiverBender and EdGlenToday.com. He is a graduate of Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey, IL with a degree in Criminal Justice. He also runs the Madison County Scanner Page.
Chris loves camping,fishing, and photography. Chris is an Eagle Scout and lives in East Alton.
ALTON - Every day, progress is made on the construction of the new Alton Middle School Gym. In recent days, significant progress has been accomplished. The new middle school gymnasium walls have going up and Alton Superintendent Dr. Kristie Baumgartner speculates that sometime in November the project...
GODFREY - A male driver was partially ejected in a roll-over accident on Interstate-255 about a half-mile south of Humbert Road in Godfrey on Tuesday afternoon. Godfrey Fire Protection District Chief Eric Cranmer said the call to 911 came in at 1:40 p.m. Tuesday. Godfrey Fire Protection District...
EAST ST. LOUIS – An East St. Louis man will spend 5 years in prison for shooting a gun into the air at a child’s birthday party. Marco B. Orr, 32, has been sentenced to 63 months in federal prison. Orr pled guilty in April to one count of unlawful firearm possession by a convicted...
GLEN CARBON - Quick response of multiple fire departments extinguished a garage fire before it could do monumental damage to a house in the 500 block of Glen Crossing Road in Glen Carbon on Tuesday afternoon. The Glen Carbon Fire Protection District, Edwardsville Fire Department, Troy Fire Department,...
CLEVELAND, OHIO - Recent East Alton-Wood River High School graduate, Jayden Ulrich, continues to show no limits to her success in the girls' track and field weight events. This past weekend, she tossed the shot put 49-4.5 inches to win the National Throws Festival, and also placed first in the discus...
CHARLESTON - East St. Louis' Devonte Ford won the 110-meter hurdles for the Flyers' only individual state championship, while the 4x100 meter relay team came in third and the 4x200 meter team finished second as Mascoutah won its first-ever championship in any sport in the IHSA Class 2A boys state...
CHARLESTON - Roxana's Ashton Noble and East Alton-Wood River's Evan Merritt both had big days Friday at the IHSA Class 2A Boys State Track and Field Meet at Eastern Illinois University complex. Roxana's Ashton Noble was third in the discus with a throw of 48.89 meters, with EAWR's Evan Merritt having...
CHARLESTON - Alton High School's lone IHSA Class 3A state entry was the 4 x 400 relay team and the group finished 20th. Hinsdale Central won the 4x400 meter relay with a time of 3:19.48, with the Alton team of Trae Corby, Gerad Bruce, Simon McClaine, and Marty Boey coming in at 3:35.32. The full...
CHARLESTON - Edwardsville senior sprinter Brandon Battle made history by sweeping the 100, 200 and 400 meter runs, setting two school records in the process, as the Tigers finished fourth in a very close IHSA Class 3A boys state track meet held Saturday at O'Brien Stadium on the campus of Eastern...
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