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 - Sophomore forward Tatum Shaw appears destined for a strong future in both girls' basketball and volleyball at Roxana High School. She has been a mainstay of the girls' basketball team this season and was a volleyball standout in the fall of 2023. Shaw is a Midwest Members Credit Union Female...
ALTON - Marquette Catholic High School's boys captured the Gateway Metro Conference Boys Bowling Tournament, defeating Belleville Althoff, Metro East Lutheran, and Christ Our Rock Lutheran. Explorers’ junior Matthew Cain finished in second place individually with a 613 series and freshman...
BENTON – A federal jury convicted a Swansea man - Dan R. Waeckerle, Jr. - of sexually exploiting a minor. Waeckerle, 44, was a registered sex offender in St. Clair County. U.S. Attorney Rachelle Aud Crowe said: “I’m grateful for the law enforcement agencies who investigated this...
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville's Cohen Osborn won three events on the day, as the Tigers' boys swimming team won a total of six events, finishing third in their annual Swim For Hope meet, which serves as a fund-raiser for cancer research, Saturday afternoon at the Chuck Fruit Aquatic Center. O'Fallon...
EAST ST. LOUIS – A federal grand jury in East St. Louis returned a seven-count indictment charging eleven individuals in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of fentanyl, meth and cocaine in southern Illinois and across the country. Granite City individual is on the list. The indictment...
ALTON - The recent NAACP Alton Branch Martin Luther King Ceremony was special on many accounts, from the keynote speaker to some of the area legends in attendance, but most notable was how President Leon Smallwood Bey and others involved some area youth in the event. Nine-year-old Myles Lacey stole...
ALTON - The highways and streets around the region had minimal traffic in a journey on Monday afternoon, Jan. 22, 2024. However, plenty of Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and city street personnel were out salting. The route from I-270, to I-255 then 143 through Wood River to Alton wa...
GRANITE CITY - The Administrative Court in Granite City has been canceled for Jan. 22, 2024. “To ensure that nobody is placed in danger while traveling to and from Granite City Hall Granite City Mayor Mike Parkinson and the Honorable Tom Gibbons have announced that the Administrative Court o...
MARYVILLE - Anderson Hospital announces its first New Year’s baby today and the name is Knox Thebeau. “Knox had a rough start and we needed some intensive care for the baby from our amazing partners at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital," Anderson Hospital Public Relations Director...
MADISON COUNTY - The Madison and Bond Counties have been required to keep the Offices of the Courts and Circuit Clerk closed on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. However, matters noticed for remote proceedings will proceed as planned. The Office Of the Circuit Court is required to notify all parties by posting...
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