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.
JERSEYVILLE - Junior starting guard Jaxon Brunaugh recently joined his head coach Matt Murphy in a prestigious Jersey Community High School club of 1,000-point career scorers. Jaxon and his head coach couldn't be more proud of the accomplishment. Murphy scored 1,488 points in his career at Jersey...
GODFREY - Four have been charged with knowingly taking possession of merchandise offered for sale in the Walmart at 6660 Godfrey Road without paying the retail value of the merchandise. Each has been charged with one count of Retail Theft Over $300. Madison County State’s Attorney Thomas Haine...
EAST ST. LOUIS - East St. Louis School District 189 Superintendent Arthur R. Culver issued information on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, about the E-Learning Day today. "Due to the forecasted extreme cold temperatures, School District 189 was closed on Tuesday, January 16, 2024. This will be a full E-Learning...
JERSEYVILLE - The Redbirds' star Semaj Stampley continued his remarkable play with a 29-point outburst in the Jersey Mid-Winter Classic Tourney opener for Alton against Jacksonville on a bitterly cold, snowy night outside on Monday night at Jerseyville. Alton rolled to a 56-44 win over a Jacksonville...
JERSEYVILLE - Malik Allen scored a career-high 24 points as one of four Edwardsville players to score in double figures as the Tigers hit 17 threes, going on to an 80-49 win over the host Panthers in both teams' opening game in the Jersey Mid-Winter Classic Monday night at Havens Gym in Jerseyville....
ALTON - Rosetta Brown, the Alton Branch NAACP First Vice President and Alton Alderwoman had a great way to sum up the Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024, Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at the Greater St. James Baptist Church: "It was incredible." While it was zero degrees outside with a wind chill 20 to 3...
WOOD RIVER - A man who made every Valentine’s Day and other occasion special for more than four decades has died. Jeffrey McElroy, owner of Jeffrey’s Flowers By Design in Wood River, left a lasting impact on the region. Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced for the Wood River...
ALTON - The Calhoun County Ferry Company announced on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024, that the Golden Eagle Ferry and Winfield Ferry are closed until further notice. The Corps Of Engineers Melvin Price Lock and Dam in Alton reported on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, that the Mississippi River is still navigable...
ALTON - Area residents who had to venture to work on this Martin Luther King Day encountered bitterly cold temps below zero degrees with wind chills in the negative 20-to-30-degree range on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. Melissa Mainhart, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in St. Louis, sai...
ALTON/EDWARDSVILLE - The Alton area region is going to see a huge drop in temperatures as the day and evening progresses on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. Weather forecasters also predicted wind gusts Friday evening to progress from 35 to 45 mph and 40-45 mph at periods on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024, with...
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