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.
SOFTBALL PIASA SOUTHWESTERN 6, LITCHFIELD 5 Maddy Fenstermaker's pop-fly single to right with two out in the bottom of the seventh plated Mya Greenwell with the winning run as Southwestern got past Litchfield in a South Central Conference game at Southwestern's Park. Fenstermaker, Ella Kadell...
CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, that a man prosecuted in a case in Jersey County was sentenced to 35 years in prison after pleading guilty to the dissemination of child pornography. Raoul’s office prosecuted Jerry Newby, 26, with Jersey...
ALTON - A guardrail at the north end of the Clark Bridge at the Landmarks Boulevard intersection was seriously damaged early Monday morning, April 8, 2024, and now will be repaired. Alton Police Chief Jarrett Ford said a semi-truck dropped its drive shaft while driving and drove into the guardrails...
GRANITE CITY - Grace Maxfield is the type of athlete every coach wants on their team and every teacher and administrator in their class and school. Grace is a highly successful senior cheerleader at Granite City High School. Grace is a Stillwater Senior Living Female Athlete of the Month. Her coach...
ALTON - The Alton River Dragons have announced that Jackson Rodgers, a Father McGivney Catholic pitching standout in 2023, and now a promising right-hander with Western Illinois University has signed with the team. "This is exciting news for local baseball fans," the River Dragons said in the release....
EDWARDSVILLE - Adara Martin was the biggest standout athlete for Edwardsville, winning the 100-meter hurdles in a personal record time of 15.84 seconds as the Tigers finished second by a point in the Edwardsville Freshman-Sophomore Girls Invitational track meet, held Tuesday at the Winston Brown...
EDWARDSVILLE - Sheena Whitehead has organized a GoFundMe for John and Colby Drum and their daughter, Eden, and Aunt Julie who were involved in the horrific car crash on April 7, 2024, on Illinois Route 159 near Holiday Shores. Two individuals died in the crash - Delores A. Long, 91, a St. Louis resident,...
GRANITE CITY - The Granite City Police Department and Madison County State's Attorney's Office have announced charges against a man for making threats. Richard K. Schneidewind, 41, faces three Making A Terrorist Threat counts and one Cyberstalking Count, the Madison County State's Attorney's Office...
EDWARDSVILLE - The Edwardsville boys tennis team captured a total of nine matches - five in the singles, and four more in the doubles - as the Tigers swept O'Fallon 9-0 in a Southwestern Conference dual meet Tuesday afternoon at the Edwardsville Tennis Center. Edwardsville's players won two matches...
O'FALLON - Logan Hickman hit a dramatic two-out home run over the right field fence in the top of the ninth inning to give Alton a 3-2 win over O'Fallon in a key Southwestern Conference baseball game Tuesday afternoon at Blazier Field in O'Fallon. The Redbirds won their seventh game in the last eigh...
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