Dalton Brown joined Riverbender.com in January of 2022. He grew up in Jerseyville and graduated from Jersey Community High School in 2017. Dalton earned a bachelor’s degree from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) with a major in Mass Communications and a minor in Political Science.
During his time at SIUE, Dalton worked as a Copy Editor for The Alestle, the university’s news organization with print and online operations. As a small, student-run newspaper, he often found himself filling the role of reporter and writer and regularly wrote news, lifestyle, and opinion pieces for The Alestle. He received recognition from the Illinois College Press Association for his writing.
Dalton also interned at The Hauser Group, a St. Louis-based Public Relations firm with several clients around the Greater St. Louis area and beyond. During his internship, he wrote newsletter content, social media posts, and several press releases which were featured in publications including Riverbender.com, the Alton Telegraph, the St. Louis Business Journal, and more.
Dalton now covers local business, government/politics, crime, and general news for Riverbender.com.
GRANITE CITY – A man accused of sharing child porn via Reddit faces three Class X felonies after authorities linked the Reddit account to his Granite City address. Cameron K. Krause, 21, of Granite City, was charged with three Class X felony counts of child pornography on Sept. 25, 2025....
EAST ALTON – Three cases of burglary in East Alton include two charged with breaking in to the same garage and another accused of burglarizing a house trailer. Mandy S. LaVite, 52, of Edwardsville, and Gregory M. Cooper, 43, of South Roxana, were both charged on Sept. 17, 2025 with one...
ALTON – Two men from Alton face their first and second charges of domestic battery in two unrelated cases from the Alton Police Department. Robert W. Skelton Sr., 62, of Alton, was charged on Sept. 24, 2025 with a Class 4 felony count of domestic battery, his second or subsequent such offense....
GLEN CARBON – Glen Carbon trustees recently approved site plans for a new Retina Institute location opening in the village’s Sunset Park Plaza development. A resolution approving site plans for the Retina Institute were approved unanimously at the Sept. 23, 2025 Village Board meeting...
ALTON – An Alton property owner is calling on city officials to take action on power lines she says are dangerously close to her building and have gone unaddressed for 15 years. Erin Frew, owner of the historic “Snyder Block” building at 301 Piasa Street, spoke up at the...
JERSEYVILLE – Jersey Community High School (JCHS) is currently under a "secure" order after a potential “threat in the community” was reportedly identified by the Jerseyville Police Department. In a message to parents on Friday afternoon, JCHS Principal Thomas Leslie said the schoo...
GRANITE CITY – Three area men have been charged by Granite City Police in separate cases of domestic battery, including one involving a pregnant victim. Jeremy A. Diaz, 30, of Dupo, Ill., was charged on Sept. 16, 2025 with a Class 2 felony count of aggravated domestic battery and ...
ALTON – In another split vote, Alton City Council members narrowly passed $10,000 in funding for a six-week program aimed at curbing youth violence in the city. The resolution passed by a 4-3 vote tally that remained unchanged from Monday’s Committee of the Whole meeting . Aldermen...
WOOD RIVER – A Granite City man with a history of domestic violence faces new charges after allegedly battering a previous domestic battery victim and invading their Wood River home. Trymaine J. Davis, 36, of Granite City, was charged on Sept. 15, 2025 with one count each of home invasion...
GLEN CARBON – The future Meijer location in Glen Carbon’s Orchard Town Center will have another year to be built after village trustees approved a third extension of the grocery store’s site plan. Village Board members unanimously approved a resolution granting a one-year extension...
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