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.
HARDIN – Getting in, out and around Calhoun County is difficult when it floods, and flooding has always been a way of life for its residents. Currently, three of the county's ferries, which are essential for transportation in and out of the peninsula surrounded by rivers, are not running....
ST. CHARLES – An Amber Alert issued early Friday afternoon has been dropped by the St. Charles City Police Department, but the suspect remains at large. Fernando Marez, 3, and Alexia Marez, 1, were located safe in Fairmount City, Illinois, as of 5:30 p.m. Friday, the release stated. The alert...
ST. CHARLES – Phones across the area made the distinctive alarm to make everyone aware of an Amber Alert just across the river in St. Charles. Such alerts are used to help authorities seek children who may be in danger. In this case, the father of two children from St. Charles was accused...
ALTON - Alton Police apprehended a person after an alert from the Clark Bridge License Plate Recognition (LPR) System, Alton Police said Thursday afternoon. LPR Systems are a surveillance method that uses optical character recognition on video images to read license plates on vehicles. The Alton...
ALTON – The three Alton School Board members running to retain their positions did so over the last election. Tuesday's results show Alton School Board Vice President David Lauschke retained his spot on the board with the highest amount 2,408 votes, David M. Fritz came in second with 2,330...
GODFREY – Godfrey Mayor Mike McCormick said he is pleased with the results of Tuesday's elections of Godfrey Village Trustees. While absentee votes are still to be counted, and voter turnout was only 11.8 percent throughout the county, results of the Godfrey village trustee election seem t...
BETHALTO – An emergency meeting regarding crime-free housing was held at the Village of Bethalto Monday evening following two investigations by the Bethalto Police Department. Bethalto Police Chief Craig Welch said the investigations stem from calls from Metro Apartments alerting the department...
WOOD RIVER – Wood River voters accepted a one percent sales tax during Tuesday's election. Despite poor turnout across the county, voters chose the one-percent sales tax 560 to 481. Wood River Mayor Cheryl Maguire said the vote was the perfect portrait of democracy in action. Maguire, who...
EDWARDSVILLE – Madison County voters provided a dismal turnout during Tuesday's elections. Madison County Clerk Debra Ming-Mendoza said the entire election saw only 11.8 percent of Madison County voters take to the polls. When asked why turnout was so low, a frustrated Ming-Mendoza said people...
GODFREY - With all 129 precincts reporting, voter tallies for the Lewis and Clark Community College are available, but not formally finalized. Julie Johnson leads with 6,894 votes, followed by Charles Hanfelder with 5,390. Kevin Rust clears the top three with 4,952 votes. Just behind rust was Marlene...
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