Don’t Miss This: Pair of suspicious fires burn in Millstadt

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▪ A pair of suspicious fires burned a home and a business to the ground early Monday in the Millstadt area.

The Kountry Korners tavern on Floraville Road went up in flames at just before 6 a.m. About 20 minutes later a vacant house in the 400 block of North Jefferson burned.

Both structures were severely damaged. The brick, ranch-style home was gutted by flames while the bar saw half of its roof cave in.

▪ Alcohol was likely a factor in a Sunday single-vehicle crash in Freeburg that knocked the power out for part of St. Clair County, police said.

Authorities are looking for the driver of a red pickup truck that hit a power pole after traveling at a high rate of speed down Apple Street, becoming airborne after going through a ditch and, eventually smashing into the pole.

▪ The retrial of a man accused of double murder is expected to get underway Tuesday.

Randy L. McCallum, Jr. faces first-degree murder charges for the shooting death of Kevin McVay and Charles Black, both of Washington Park.

One of the victims can be heard on 9-1-1 tapes naming McCallum as the person who shot him. But the first trial was declared a mistrial when one of the jurors held out and refused to convict the suspect while the other 11 believed him to be guilty.

This story was originally published February 23, 2016 at 7:32 AM with the headline "Don’t Miss This: Pair of suspicious fires burn in Millstadt."