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 - Tycon Builders has been a fixture in the Riverbend region since 1985 and owner Paul Yost plans on keeping it that way. Yost stressed the fire that occurred Tuesday night was very difficult, but the business will continue on in a normal fashion. “We just want people to know Tycon is...
ALTON - Lauren Seymour, owner of Lindy’s, received a phone call last night that had devastating results when the business area she leases was ripped apart by a serious fire. On Wednesday morning, Seymour was at the scene of the Tuesday night fire in the 3400 block of College Avenue in Alton...
ALTON - The Alton Fire Department and Alton Police Department both played key roles in saving the overall structure that housed Tycon Builders and Lindy's Hair Salon in the 3400 block of College Avenue on Tuesday night. An alert Alton Police sergeant observed smoke pouring out of both sides of the...
GRAFTON - Mary Lillesve has served Grafton in a wide variety of roles in the past, but the Grafton City Council meeting on April 18 marked her final meeting as Second Ward Alderwoman. Mary has served the City of Grafton in numerous roles, such as chairman of the Tourism/Marketing Committee, as a...
EDWARDSVILLE - Kelley Flannery scored a golazo from 30 yards out to get Edwardsville on the board, while Mea Hook and Kylie Peel also added goals as the Tigers took the three points over visiting Belleville East in a Southwestern Conference girls soccer match 3-0 Tuesday evening at Tiger Stadium....
EAST ST. LOUIS – A U.S. District Court judge sentenced a St. Louis man to a total of 50 years in federal prison after he murdered a security guard during a bank robbery in East St. Louis in August 2021. Jaylan Quinn, 23, pled guilty to one count of bank robbery and one count of using a firearm...
GODFREY - Some may or may not know this, but C.W. “Zeke" Jabusch, the president of the North Godfrey-Alton Business Council, is an Eagle Scout. That is why a fellow Eagle Scout - Martez Moore, the Greater St. Louis Area Council Boy Scouts Of America Director of Field Service and the key speaker...
COLLINSVILLE - The Mighty Name Tour is about to make a name for itself at the Gateway Convention Center in Collinsville on Sunday, April 23. This event will bring the music performances of Stars Go Dim, We Are Vessel, After Grace & HNRY. At 6:30 p.m. the music will begin. Judith Grantham an event...
FATHER MCGIVNEY CATHOLIC 18, CAHOKIA 0: McGivney scored 10 runs in the first inning, then eight more in the second to gain the 15-run rule win over visiting Cahokia at Griffins Park. Nora Mensing led the Griffins with two hits and three RBIs, while Izzie Venarsky had two hits and two RBIs, Alexis...
EDWARDSVILLE - Caty Happe has made a decision to leave her position as head Edwardsville girls' basketball coach to spend more time with her children and husband, but she will continue to be a teacher and the head girls' softball coach. Happe was the EHS head girls' basketball coach for the past thre...
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