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.
SPRINGFIELD — Incumbent Nikki Budzinski is ecstatic to officially be the Democratic Party's Illinois’ 13th District representative for Congress in the November 2024 general election. Budzinski ran unopposed in the district’s Democratic primary on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. She will...
EDWARDSVILLE - The Edwardsville Police Department today announced the St. Patrick’s Day DUI enforcement results. The Edwardsville Police announced it made three DUI arrests, one suspended driver arrest, one illegal transportation of cannabis arrest, issued 10 speeding citations, and issued fiv...
ALTON - Edwardsville and Alton opened their boys tennis seasons on Tuesday, with the Tigers sweeping the Redbirds 9-0 in a Southwestern Conference dual meet held at the Alton High tennis courts, with Edwardsville not only winning the matches, but not even losing a set. Edwardsville head boys...
EDWARDSVILLE - Chris Slusser captured the Republican Party Madison County Chairman nomination on Tuesday night and he said he was humbled and extremely thankful about the results. Slusser won by an 11,704-7,156 margin with 191 precincts of 191 precincts decided. He also agreed that he had a gracious...
EDWARDSVILLE - Kurt Prenzler, the present Madison County Chairman, said late Tuesday night that he contacted his Republican opposition in the primary, Chris Slusser, to congratulate him and had a good conversation with him. “It was a very difficult race,” Prenzler said of the chairman's...
DECATUR - A 38-year-old armed robbery subject died on the operating table after being shot by a law enforcement officer on Monday, March 18, 2024. The man has been identified as Rocky L. Dupin. He was pronounced dead in the Decatur Memorial Hospital operating room at 5:45 p.m. Per standard...
ST. LOUIS - A St. Louis County Police sergeant has a summons out for his arrest. On Tuesday, March 19, 2024, the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office issued a summons in lieu of arrest to suspect David Ryan, 51 years of age, of the 2900 block of Piney Pointe Drive in St. Louis, Missouri...
ROXANA - The Phillips 66 Refinery moved a large piece of equipment into position on Monday, March 18, 2024. Melissa Erker, a spokesperson for the Phillips 66 Refinery, said the refinery replaced another piece of equipment that was at what she described as “the end of its life” and this...
ST. LOUIS COUNTY - The water main break along Interstate 270 in north St. Louis County on Saturday, March 16, 2024, caused some traffic disruptions but was eventually repaired. Drivers heading westbound on 270 encountered backups around the Bellefontaine Road exit. Water gushed onto parts of the...
NOKOMIS - Nokomis Police today continue to investigate a murder-suicide that occurred in the 400 block of North Spruce Street at 10 p.m. last Friday, March 15, 2024, at the Dollar General. Police said Justin Devaisher, 46, came into the store and confronted his estranged girlfriend, 22-year-old Summer...
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