Don’t Miss This: Veteran wins appeal for suit against county

Don’t miss these stories Wednesday at BND.com:

▪ A year and a half after he was barred from Madison County property, veterans’ assistance superintendent Brad Lavite is winning in court — but is still out of his office.

Lavite is currently barred from entering the Madison County Administration Building where the offices of the Veterans Assistance Commission are located, despite his continued employment as the VAC superintendent.

▪ A southern Illinois man said his brother is recovering after he was injured Monday at a construction site on Interstate 64, east of O’Fallon.

Mathew Owen said his brother had cracked ribs, broken vertebrae and bruising as a result of Monday’s accident. Owen said his brother was released from a Belleville hospital and was “at home resting” by Tuesday.

Owen said his brother, who was not immediately available to comment Tuesday, works at PJR & Associates, a steel-erecting contractor. The company is based in Campbell Hills.

An employee at PJR & Associates declined to comment on what happened Monday.

▪ A mobile home was heavily damaged after a suspicious fire broke out late Monday night in Swansea.

Swansea Fire Chief John McGuire said firefighters were dispatched out at 8:32 p.m. Monday to 1351 N. 2nd St., lot 27, for a report of a working trailer fire. McGuire said the trailer appeared to be occupied but that no one was inside at the time of the fire.

This story was originally published August 10, 2016 at 6:47 AM with the headline "Don’t Miss This: Veteran wins appeal for suit against county."