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.
ALTON – Alton's time in the sun as the star of the third season of the Deluxe Corporation's Small Business Revolution may have passed – but maybe not completely. The show's producers and host, Amanda Brinkman, came back to Alton Wednesday and celebrated with the city outside of...
EDWARDSVILLE - Lucy Tallerico retired from being a speech therapist and wanted to do something to keep her busy and interacting with people. In October 2017, she started Limoncello Resale Shop at 3624 Edwardsville Road on the outskirts of Edwardsville. At the beginning, she used the shop to hel...
GODFREY – The Lewis and Clark Community College (LCCC) Board voted 4-3 to rescind several management and administrative contracts approved earlier this month at a special board meeting Tuesday evening. The extremely controversial motion was done at the behest of three new board members, Kevin...
ST. LOUIS – The potential for severe thunderstorms with high winds, hail and heavy rains exists in the Riverbend through Wednesday afternoon, meteorologists from the St. Louis office of the National Weather Service (NWS) said. A line of severe storms moved through the area Tuesday afternoon,...
ALTON – Two were charged following the execution of a search warrant in Alton by the Alton Police Department with the assistance of Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System Special Response Team (ILEAS SRT). The warrant was executed in the early morning hours Tuesday, according to a release...
BETHALTO – Authorities have released the name of a young man killed in a car crash last Friday, April 26. Terry J. Howard Jr., 19, was the passenger in a gold-colored, early-2000s Oldsmobile when it collided with a maroon SUV last Friday afternoon near the entry and exit ramps of I-255...
COLLINSVILLE – A Collinsville man was arrested in regards to an April 14, 2019, robbery of the U.S. Bank branch located within the Collinsville Schnucks, located at 501 Beltline Road. Travis A. Fletcher, 39, of Tanglewood Drive in Collinsville was arrested and charged in federal court following...
BETHALTO – Charges have been filed against the regional manager of Metro Apartments following the March 9, 2019, condemnation of 151 Rue Des Chateau. Andrew M. Dreith, 35, of the 200 block of Gabrielle Circle in Bethalto was charged with three counts of criminal housing management, each a...
ST. LOUIS – River levels around the area are projected to rise this week. The river levels at Grafton are predicted to rise a projected two feet – into moderate flooding levels again this week – following another round of rain. Presently, Grafton river levels are at 23.49 feet...
FLORISSANT – For those who are deaf or hard of hearing, visual communication is essential. At the Deaf Visual Arts Festival at St. Louis Community College's Florissant Valley Campus Saturday, artists from across that community presented their works. Many of the works featured themes iconic...
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