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.
ALTON - A father-daughter Labor Day golf trip turned into a memory of a lifetime when 23-year-old Kelly McCormick of Godfrey, Ill. shot a hole-in-one at the Rolling Hills Golf Course, Sept. 7.
McCormick, a graduate student at Western Illinois University, played on the Alton High School girl...
ALTON – Rise at 300 , located at 300 State Street, is a new nightclub that will open their doors to the public tonight, Sept. 4, at 9 p.m. during their Temple Grand Opening Gala.
Rise at 300 is located on the second floor of the beautifully aged Masonic building in downtown Alton. Th...
Alton Sports Tap hosted a Mud Sweat & Beers Mud Volleyball Tournament on Saturday, Aug. 29. Teams from all around participated in the all-day round robin tournament as players dove through the sloppy mud under the warm summer sun. This is the second summer, third tournament that Alton Sports Tap hosted....
EDWARDSVILLE - St. Louis Small Business Monthly has recognized Scheffel Boyle as one of its 2015 “Future 50” companies in St. Louis. Each year, the publication selects just 50 fast-growing, top small companies in the St. Louis region from hundreds of nominations. According to Ro...
ROXANA - Representatives from Shell Oil Products US visited Roxana High School last week to present a grant to the Roxana Schools Foundation to enable the completion of a new Multipurpose Student Center at Roxana High School. The grant, in the amount of $50,000, is aimed at helping the school...
Join us for an evening of drinks, laughter, music and fun as we auction off some of the area’s finest bachelors from the local hot spots.
ALTON – The not for profit organization, RiverBender.com Community Center , provides a safe and exciting place for area kids to participate...
EAST ALTON - In conjunction with the East Alton Annual Soapbox Derby, Caritas Family Solutions is hosting Derby Day on Saturday, September 12, 2015. Derby day will be held at 645 Berkshire Boulevard, East Alton, IL 62024 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Hotdogs and soda will be provided at no cost...
ALTON - In days of the past, tent revivals were a common thing, but today, its not very common.
Jason Harrison , youth pastor at Deliverance Temple in Alton and associate chaplain of the Alton Police Department , has joined with other churches to put on a modern day tent revival this week....
ALTON - WOW furnishings , located at 513 E. Third St. in Alton, recently opened their doors to their new business and are hitting the ground running with 10 artists contributing their own style and personality to furniture and home décor throughout the store.
Barb and Bryan Brynildsen...
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