Feeney, 56, is a native of Granite City and graduated from Granite City South in 1978. He was a part-time writer for the old Granite City Journal from 1979-84 before attending Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, from which he earned his BA in journalism in 1988. He has worked for newspapers in Sikeston, Mo., Rocky Mount, N.C., Seneca, S.C. and in Charleston-Mattoon. He also worked for the old St. Clair County Suburban Journals.
His biggest accomplishments include gaining an exclusive interview with Michael Jordan when he was playing minor-league baseball and for an interview with Charles Duke, who walked on the moon as part of the Apollo 16 crew in 1972.
He is single and currently resides Collinsville with his twin brother Colin. He is an avid fan of the three St. Louis sports teams (Cardinals, Blues, STLFC); Missouri, Illinois and Eastern Illinois in college sports; the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League; the Geelong Cats and Carlton Blues of the Australian Football League (Australian Rules football); the South Sydney Rabbitohs of the National Rugby League in Australia; and the US Men's and Women's national soccer teams.
In his spare time, he volunteers for St. Louis community radio station KDHX-FM and is an active member of the Ethical Society of St. Louis. He also is a fan of classic movies (three of his all-time favorite films are early MGM silent films) and of the television quiz show Jeopardy! and has auditioned twice for the show; he describes himself as a "future Jeopardy! champion."
COLLINSVILLE – Lorie Cashdollar came on the scene for Edwardsville's girls track and cross-country teams with a splash, gaining attention for some big achievements her freshman cross-country year in the fall of 2014; she's continued on that path ever since with both the Tiger cross-country...
COLLINSVILLE – Wednesday's Southwestern Conference Girls Track and Field Championship meet was a mixed bag for area teams, with Edwardsville, Alton and Granite City coming away with individual championships on the day at Collinsville's Kahok Stadium. The Redbirds' Katie Mans...
WOOD RIVER – For East Alton-Wood River's boys track team, it was old hat. For the girls track team, it was a breakthrough. The Oilers won their fifth straight Prairie State Conference boys track championship at the league meet Monday evening at EAWR's Memorial Stadium with 142 points,...
EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville's boys tennis team defeated O'Fallon at the EHS Tennis Center Tuesday afternoon in a Southwestern Conference match, but the 8-1 result in the Tigers' favor didn't come easily; the Tigers improved to 11-1 on the year overall and to 5-0 in the SWC with one mor...
COLLINSVILLE – Alton junior track sprinter Jeanea Epps has been playing a key role for the Redbird girls the past couple of seasons. Epps runs in the 100 and 200 meters and plays a role on the 4x100 and 4x200 relay teams; in Friday's Collinsville Invitational girls track meet, Epps won the 10...
COLLINSVILLE – The final push for the upcoming end-of-season girls track meets got under way Friday evening with the Collinsville Invitational meet at Kahok Stadium. Edwardsville and Alton took part in the nine-team event, with Belleville East winning over crosstown rival Belleville West,...
EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville freshman tennis player Ben Blake is one an up-and-coming player for the Tiger program; he's played mostly on the junior varsity team this season, but has seen time at the varsity level. However, over the weekend, he was with the Tigers in the Tiger Duals tournament,...
EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville's junior varsity boys tennis team, despite going 1-2 in this weekend's Tiger Duals tournament at the EHS tennis center, gained valuable experience that will bode well for the players in the future, felt Tiger JV coach Kirk Schlueter. The Tigers dropped an 11-1...
GRANITE CITY – Edwardsville came calling to Babe Champion Field in Granite City Thursday for a Southwestern Conference game and had a great day at the plate. Especially Reid Hendrickson. Hendrickson had two doubles, two runs scored and five RBIs in a 3-for-4 day for EHS as the Tigers,...
GRANITE CITY – Reid Hendrickson had a monster-type of a game for Edwardsville in their Thursday afternoon game against Granite City at Babe Champion Field. Hendrickson, a senior for the Tigers, struck two doubles and had five RBIs in a 3-for-4 game to go with two runs scored in EHS' 14-3,...
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