Fayetteville NewsLocal news for Fayetteville, IL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Reckless homicide charge being considered in fatal crash in New Athens- January 24, 2008 Investigators with the St. Clair County Sheriff's Department are seeking a reckless homicide charge in connection with a single-vehicle accident that left a New Athens man dead over the weekend.The St. Clair County State's Attorney has taken the case under advisement while the investigation continues.Thomas Haggard, 55, was killed when his truck went into Silver Creek at Five Forks Road and Silver Creek in New Athens. The red pickup was found in the creek about 8 p.m. Saturday.Haggard's body...http://www.topix.net/city/fayetteville-il/2008/01/reckless-homicide-charge-being-considere... Bars start coping with smoke ban- January 6, 2008 "There are just enough questions that we didn't want to make any mistakes, so we've just taken a kind of wait-and-see policy until this gets ironed out" A side door at the Juicy Peanut Bar & Grill popped open.'Two beers at the drive through,' shouted a woman, drawing a big laugh from the Mascoutah tavern's co-owner Jamie Taylor.There is no drive-through at the Peanut. Taylor's bartender, Cindy Vavrinek, a smoker who on Thursday evening was coming to work, was simply trying to ease stress...http://www.topix.net/city/fayetteville-il/2008/01/bars-start-coping-with-smoke-ban?fromrss... |