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.
BETHALTO - “The older, the better” Bethalto Police Chief Craig Welch said of a man charged with burglarizing folks after providing false identity. Jason A. Mitchell, 36, of the 200 block of West Woodcrest Drive in Collinsville was charged with three counts of residential burglary in...
ST. LOUIS – More than an inch of rain fell over the Riverbend Wednesday night into Thursday morning with a line of severe thunderstorms. Hail was reported across the area as well, with ice balls more than an inch reported in St. Anne, Missouri, as well as Fairview Heights and Caseyville in...
GODFREY – A local chiropractor is utilizing a new treatment she said will bring immediate and lasting results to those who seek her treatments. Renee Edelen, DC, MS, has adopted the Graston Technique, which is used for both injury treatment and rehabilitation. It utilizes a stainless steel...
COLLINSVILLE – An arrest has been made following two late March armed robberies in Collinsville. Larry J. Rhines, 22, of Collinsville was taken into custody following work from the Collinsville Police Department as well as investigators from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), according...
BRIGHTON – Seventeen-year-old Caden Smith has had seizures since he was 18 months old, but as of late December 2018, they have been getting worse. Smith's epilepsy has developed into dangerous “drop” seizures, which attack the young man without warning and cause him to fall to...
GODFREY – The Godfrey Fire Protection District (GFPD) Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve the purchase of a $449,000 custom-built pumper engine at the beginning of its meeting 8 a.m. Wednesday morning, but the meeting continued with heated public comments. The pumper, proposed b...
ROXANA - No one was injured following the rollover of a truck transporting flour in Roxana late Tuesday morning. Roxana Police Chief William Cunningham said the incident occurred around 11:35 Tuesday morning when the driver of a truck hauling flour turned from westbound Route 143 onto an entry ramp...
WEST ALTON - According to a release from the Missouri Department of Transportation (MODOT) as well as several motorists who have contacted Riverbender, the southbound lanes of Highway 67 in West Alton are again open. The lanes were closed on March 27, 2019, due to moderate to major flood levels. ...
ALTON – Many letter carriers for the United States Postal Service in the Riverbend area have been sporting beards and mustaches during the winter months. That facial hair does keep them warm during the frigid months, but National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch #309 Sergeant a...
ALTON – It is springtime in the Riverbend, and many people use the warming weather to motivate themselves to do a little cleaning and get rid of some clutter. A lot of that clutter can be attributed to clothes taking space in closets and drawers. To prevent those clothes from adding to...
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