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.
ROXANA - Max Autery and Kyle Campbell both had two hits and two RBIs, while both Brady Jones and Elias Theis struck out six each as Roxana won its season-opening baseball game over Greenfield Northwestern 13-1 at Roxana City Park. The Shells scored nine times in the bottom of the second inning to...
EDWARDSVILLE - Freeburg softball pitcher Sam Roulanaitis, who recently signed to pitch at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Mo., had a great game for the Midgets, holding Edwardsville to two hits while striking out 10 as Freeburg defeated the Tigers in the season opener 3-1 at the Edwardsville...
SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois State Capitol Building is open again after it was placed on a brief lockdown due to a potential threat. Illinois Secretary of State Alex Giannoulias said there is a shelter-in-place effect. "The Illinois Secretary of State Police received notice of a threat involving...
ALTON - Although this month's Art Fahrner-Edward Jones Alton High Remarkable Redbird, senior Rebekah Von Plinsky, will have only attended Alton High for two years before her upcoming graduation in May, she has written a great chapter for being involved in student life. Rebekah and her family move...
HARDIN - Sergeant Zach Hardin has been promoted to the rank of Chief Deputy Sheriff for the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office, Calhoun Sheriff Bill Heffington has announced. The promotion occurred on March 6, 2024. Chief Deputy Hardin has served with the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office since 201...
GLEN CARBON - Kannon Kamp hit a first-inning two-run homer, en route to a three-hit, five-RBI day at the plate, Mason Holmes threw three solid innings, striking out eight, and Father McGivney's baseball team scored nine times in the second inning on its way to a 16-0, four inning win over Vandalla...
GLEN CARBON - Julia Behrmann and Maddy Callovini had first-inning RBIs, while four different players had base hits, but after Father McGivney Catholic's softball team took a 2-1 first-inning lead, the Kahoks scored 21 unanswered runs to take the season opener for both teams 22-2 Monday afternoon a...
SOUTH ROXANA - The Alton Branch of the NAACP announced today, March 11, 2024, that it has requested the resignation of South Roxana Police Chief Bob Coles after a video suddenly surfaced of an arrest incident dating back two years ago. The situation is about an arrest when Carlos Boles, 25, was...
CLAYTON, Mo. — Fontbonne University in Clayton, MO., announced on Monday, March 11, 2024, that it plans to close after the 2025 summer season. The decision comes after years of dwindling enrollments. Washington University has agreed to purchase the 16-acre campus within the next two months....
RUSHVILLE, IL. - Illinois State Police held a press conference this afternoon and released information about a bus-semi truck crash that killed five people. ISP reported the crash occurred at 11:36 a.m. on Monday, March 11, 2024, on U.S. Route 24 at Parkview Road in Schuyler County. The school bus...
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