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.
ST. LOUIS – St. Louis Cardinals' Principal Owner and Chief Executive Officer Bill DeWitt Jr. made a statement for the Cardinals about the death of Bruce Sutter, a Hall of Fame pitcher well-remembered for closing out the St. Louis Cardinals’ 1982 World Series title, who died Friday morning...
ALTON - At 3:49 p.m. on Oct. 7, 2022, officers from the Alton Police Department responded to the 800 block of East 7th Street and contacted Catherine L. Wisniewski. Officers found that Wisniewski had an active warrant for her arrest for Unlawful Failure to Register as a Sex Offender through the...
ALTON - Alton City Council approved a sign honoring Bishop Samuel E. White on 13th Street at Wednesday night’s meeting. The sign ordinance had passed through the Alton Committee of the Whole on Monday night. White has marked 48 years with Monroe Memorial Church in Alton. The street sign ordinance...
ALTON - Alton High School freshman Stella Cowan received some big news this week when she learned she was the winner of the Alton Halloween Parade Poster Contest. She was selected out of numerous entries. Stella said she was really surprised by the announcement. “I was shocked,” she said...
GLEN CARBON - Glen Carbon Police Chief Todd Link led a presentation at the Tuesday night Village Board meeting to honor some true heroes - a dedicated telecommunicator, two police officers, and a Glen Carbon paramedic and firefighter for their effort in a successful life-saving efforts of a newborn...
ALTON - At 9:48 p.m. on October 10, 2022, the Alton Police Department received a 911 call reporting that several people were fighting in the Landings at Belle Meadows apartment complex in Alton. Alton Deputy Police Chief Jarrett Ford said officers responded but did not observe an active disturbance...
EDWARDSVILLE - Senior Dallas Jenkins served up 10 consecutive points in the second set and it made a big difference as Edwardsville bounced back from dropping four of five in a tournament in Chicagoland this past weekend and defeated Alton 25-17, 25-10 in a Southwestern Conference girls volleyball...
ALTON - There is one way to describe this year's Alton High School girls' volleyball team, they play hard and work hard in every match, every practice, their head coach Dan Carter said after a match with Edwardsville at Lucco-Jackson Gym. Edwardsville defeated Alton 25-17, 25-10 in the Southwestern...
GIRLS TENNIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8 SPORTS ROUNDUP SOUTHWESTERN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT AT ALTON TIGERS WIN FIVE OF SIX FLIGHTS IN SINGLES, WIN FOURTH STRAIGHT SWC CHAMPIONSHIP: Edwardsville won five of the six flights in the singles to go along with sweeping the doubles flights on Friday,...
GODFREY - Lewis and Clark Community College Chairman Of The Board Of Trustees David Heyen officially resigned and the board accepted his resignation at the meeting Tuesday night at the college. Lewis and Clark Community College Board Vice President Julie Johnson made the following comments on behalf...
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