Brittany Kohler is the Content Manager of Riverbender.com and EdGlenToday.com.
As a reporter, Kohler covers local events and provides feature articles for the local riverbend personalities and businesses. Kohler also runs the social media sites for Riverbender.com and all clients that Riverbender.com provides that service for.
Born and raised in Alton Illinois, Kohler graduated from Alton High School in 2006. After attending Western Illinois University for a short while, Kohler decided to join the Marine Corps to travel and experience a fast pace structured lifestyle. Kohler graduated Marine Corps boot camp in March 2008 and was awarded Company Honor Graduate and Company Iron Woman.
Kohler graduated from the Basic Public Affairs Specialist Course, Basic Writing and Announcing Skills Course and Broadcast Operations and Maintenance Course at the Defense Information School at Fort Meade, Md. She was then stationed at Marine Corps Air Station New River in Jacksonville North Carolina where she worked at the Joint Public Affairs office for the remainder of her term.
Kohler deployed to South America on the USS Gunston Hall in 2010 in support of Amphibious Southern Partnership Station 2011. There, she conducted and documented jungle survival training and humanitarian missions in Guatemala, Belize, Colombia and other locations along the way.
After a successful 4 years in the Marines, Kohler returned home to Alton and immediately began continuing her education. In 2013, Kohler received her Associates in Science from Lewis and Clark Community College and is currently enrolled in the Public Relations/Marketing program at Ashford University.
As an independent civilian contractor, Kohler continues to work for the Marine Corps Special Operations Command in support of their final training exercises.
An avid Cardinals fan and recreational volleyball player, Kohler enjoys the company of her many friends and takes advantage of spending time with her ever expanding family whenever she can. She believes Alton is perfect for her and is looking forward to one day raising children of her own in the same town she grew up in.
ST. LOUIS – The American Red Cross encourages individuals and organizations to give something that means something this winter by making a lifesaving blood donation or hosting a blood drive.
Blood donations often decline from now to New Year’s Day when holiday festivities pull...
GRANITE CITY – State Reps. Jay Hoffman, D-Swansea , and Dan Beiser, D-Alton , are partnering with the Illinois attorney general’s office to help senior citizens protect themselves from scams and deceptive business practices at a seminar next month.
“There are simple steps that...
ALTON – OSF Saint Anthony’s Health Center is helping its healthcare professionals and members of the community go “cold turkey” – with turkey – on the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout, Thursday, November 19.
“Anyone wanting to turn...
HARTFORD – On Thursday, November 19, state Rep. Dan Beiser, D-Alton, will host his monthly Satellite Office Hours in Hartford. Hartford Satellite Office Hours will be from 10 am until noon at the Hartford Village Hall, located at 140 West Hawthorne Street.
“Since my constituent service...
ALTON – Students with big hearts at Gilson Brown Elementary School have collaboratively stocked the shelves of a toiletry pantry in the school in an effort to help local families struggling to have basic necessities.
The student council hosted a competition among classrooms to see...
ALTON – The fate of a new pizza and sandwich parlor, Nicky G’s Eatery and Catering Business, is back in the hands of the Alton Plan Commission.
Steve and Dee Gehrs proposed opening a restaurant in a vacant building located at 1801 State St. in Alton. They ran into a roadblock...
EAST ALTON — United Way’s annual Community Christmas donation drive is looking for partners to host a donation box to collect items for those in need during the holidays. The program kicks off on Tuesday, November 3, with boxes being delivered to dozens of participating businesses,...
Edwardsville’s Doug Cox – who portrayed a photographer – will be on hand to tell stories and sign autographs
EDWARDSVILLE - “If you’ve got a taste for terror … take Carrie to the Prom …” The Friends of the Wildey will host a one-night only screening...
EDWARDSVILLE – The Madison County Historical Society and The Woodlawn Cemetery Association will host a weekend of “Voices of the Past” at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Edwardsville on Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m.
“Voices of the Past” presents the history...
EDWARDSVILLE – Partners for Pets is hosting the “Mega Barn Sale” at their new shelter facility in St. Jacob, Ill. There has been a tremendous outpouring of donations from communities all across the Metro East and St. Louis areas. The Mega Barn Sale promises to have something...
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