Dan Brannan is Content Director of RiverBender and EdGlenToday.com. Dan started at Riverbender.com/Edglentoday.com in December 2014. He is a graduate of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, IL with degrees in Journalism and Psychology. Having previously served as the Executive Editor of The Telegraph in Alton, his 17-year tenure led the paper to over 350 awards including several General Excellence awards in the Illinois Press Association, Illinois Associated Press, Freedom Communications, Southern Illinois Editorial Association and Journal Register Company contests. Brannan was chosen to lead Freedom Communications' national pilot on social media.
He is the author of eight nonfiction books including: "The Courage to Live," a biography about Donna Gustavel, a young woman with multiple disabilities; "Everyday Angels," an inspirational book of moving human interest stories; "Live Life to the Fullest: Stories of People Coping With Diabetes" which is endorsed by the American Diabetes Association; "Boy Giant: The Story of Robert Wadlow The World's Tallest Man;" "Damn Cold and Starving" written with Sgt. Marion Ray; "You Can't Kill the Dream" co-written with fellow journalist Ande Yakstis; and "A Life in Parts," the story of Loretta Goebel and endorsed by Beatle Paul McCartney.
Dan, an avid exercise enthusiast, is a member of the American Diabetes Association and lives in Maryville. Dan has two children in college - Savannah and Sierra.
ALTON — The Father McGivney Catholic doubles team of Natalie Beck and Kennedi Taylor secured a spot once again in the Illinois High School Association State Tennis Tournament after defeating Triad’s Katie Watts and Hailey D’Aunoy 6-2, 6-1 on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. The match took...
ST. LOUIS COUNTY - St. Louis County police are investigating a homicide after a shooting Monday evening, Oct. 20, 2025, in the 9200 block of Worlds Fair Drive left one man dead and another injured. Officers from the North County Precinct responded at 8:58 p.m. Oct. 20 to reports of a shooting. Upon...
ALTON — The Alton Police Department received a donation of three tactical trauma bags filled with lifesaving medical supplies from Justin Chapman, Regional Manager of Ground EMS Services with Survival Flight, and his son, Grayson Chapman, a student at Alton Middle School. The donation was made...
ALTON — Alton Police Department, with assistance from Madison County Sheriff's Office authorities, responded to a disturbance in the 800 block of Highland Avenue in Alton in the evening of Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. The call came in at 8:40 p.m. to the Alton Police Department. Alton Police Chief...
EDWARDSVILLE — Alyssa Albertyn of O’Fallon emerged as a standout performer at the Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025, Swim For Hope Meet , capturing three individual titles on the day. Albertyn won the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 56.70 seconds, the 50-yard freestyle at 24.13 seconds, and...
MADISON COUNTY — Robert P. Glover, 53, was charged Thursday with multiple felonies related to alleged sexual solicitation and abuse of a minor, according to court documents filed in Madison County. The charges, filed Oct. 20, 2025, by the Madison County State’s Attorney’s Office,...
EAST ALTON — Adam E. Walters is charged with attempted first-degree murder and multiple felony counts following a motor vehicle incident on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, in Madison County, Illinois, according to court documents. Walters allegedly drove a Hyundai Sonata into a man on East Main Street...
ALTON - Triad's Averi Moore and Jersey's Neely Goetten advanced to the singles final, while Father McGivney Catholic's Kennedi Taylor and Natalie Beck, along with Maddie Beck and Lilly Forneris, advanced to the state tournament over the weekend in the IHSA Class 1A Marquette Catholic sectional tournament...
GRAFTON — A male dog found running loose in Grafton around Oct. 15, 2025, began showing signs of illness the following day and was taken to Hawthorne Animal Hospital in Glen Carbon, where staff suspected the animal might have contracted rabies. The dog was euthanized for testing, with results...
EDWARDSVILLE - Dia Kannan advanced to the state tournament in singles, while the doubles teams of Katie Woods and Albina Selimi and Campbell Hayes and Amelia Hill advanced to the IHSA state tournament as Edwardsville won the Class 2A girls tennis sectional tournament over the weekend at both...
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