Accused slayer reads Bible in Covington church over Christmas
Kenneth Rogers confessed slayer of three persons spent Christmas in the First United Methodist Church in Covington Tennessee reading Proverbs and the Bible. He tried to kill himself with gas, wandered the countryside 15 to 20 miles, and was later moved to Carbondale after police questioned him about the November murder of Lisa Levering and the deaths of his wife Wilma and her friend Barbara Case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hatton
Kenneth Rogers
Willis G. Gilliland
First United Methodist Church
Covington, Tenn
Rogers
Gilliland
Tod
Sam Shelly
Covington
Jerry Simmons
Tennessee State Police
Tennessee 14
Simmons
Lisa Levering
Wilma
Miss Barbara Case
Carbondale
Lawsuit seeks to block Rend Lake College cosmetology program
A Jefferson County suit seeks a temporary injunction to stop Rend Lake College from starting a cosmetology program. Paroc Corp and the Illinois Association of Beauty Culture Schools claim the plan is unfair, discriminatory, and would harm private schools. Defendants include college leaders and state education officials. The petition alleges authority overreach, lack of need study, improper waivers, and that tuition would disadvantage Mt. Vernon School of Beauty Culture while federal funds favor private facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Aaron
Southern Tinois
Jefferson County
Rend Lake College
Mt. Vernon
Hill
Olinois Association of Beauty Culture
Hills
Mt. Vernon School of Beauty Culture
Rose Hotel proprietor Mrs. Charlotte Gullett dies at 96
Mrs. Charlotte Rosa Gullett longtime Rose Hotel proprietor in Elizabethtown died at 2 45 p.m. in Holden Hospital Carbondale age 96 She led the Ohio River hotel since 1939 after studying at Southern Illinois Normal University and teaching in Oklahoma and Illinois for 13 years Funeral at First Baptists Church Elizabethtown with Rose Funeral Home arranging burial in Elizabethtown She leaves two children three grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Rosa Gullett
Rose
Elizabethtown
Jn Msiness
Car Dondale
Two year old Anna youth killed in double accident near Ware
Police report the 2-year-old Anna resident Donald Ray Toler died at 12:06 a.m. Sunday after being struck near Ware by a northbound car driven by Collin Cain. The victim had been a passenger in Burford Laws’ vehicle that ran off Rt. 3 near the bridge. Laws, 19, received minor injuries. Toler’s injuries were fatal. Services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Anna First Baptist Church with burial in Ebenezer Hall Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna
Ware
Ilinois
Donald Ray Toler
N. Green St
Collin Cain
RL 2
Jonesboro
Toler
Burford Laws
Aura
Rt. 3
Laws
Union County Hospital
Colins Auto
Oni Free
Killer Rog ers sentenced after plea to murder in Carterville
Jackson County Chief Deputy Sheriff O. T. McKinney and Williamson County Deputy Vernon Lowe led Kenneth Rogers from the Williamson County courthouse after he pled guilty to the murder of his wife Wilma and Barbara Case on Christmas Eve in a Carterville trailer. He received a 75 to 100 year sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Sherif O. T. McKinney
Williamson County
Vernon Lowe
Kenneth Rogers
Williamson County Courthound
Rogers
Wilma
Prisoner Art Columns In Menard Time Pages
Kenneth Rogers, 29, an accused slayer and former inmate at Menard State Penitentiary, wrote two feature articles for the Menard Time. The pieces, centered on art and prison life, appeared on August 1 and May 1 this year after Rogers was released from a three to five year aggravated battery term in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Rogers
Menard Time
Menard State Penitentiary
Rogers
Menerd
Prison
Icey Roads Cause Multivehicle Crash Near Shawneetown
Ice glazed highways in Southern Illinois Saturday night into Sunday. A three-vehicle crash east of Shawneetown at 1 a.m. injured Linea Armstrong 21 Rosiclare Clarence Talkington 57 Hiderto and Barbara Bracell 22 Elizabethtown. All were hospitalized at Pierce Hospital. A second injury occurred when Saundra McKendie 24 Carrier Mills drove off Rt. 13 near New Shawneetown about 3 a.m. and was treated for minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
Shawneetown
Linea L. Armstrong
Rosiclare
Clarence Talkington
Hiderado
Barbara G. Bracell
Elizabethtown
Armstrong
Pierce Hospital
Hloorado
Carolyn S. Bridges
Harrisburg
Rt. 13
New Shawneetown
Saundra McKendie
Carrier Mills
No charges yet in Dec 24 Carbondale shooting death
Police report no charges filed in the Dec 24 shooting death of 27 year old James L. Couthon in Carbondale. Elder James Couthon 86 claimed a .22 caliber pistol to stop his son from taking his girlfriend. Witnesses said the son lunged toward his father and the gun discharged, killing Couthon who died at Doctors Hospital. County authorities await coroners and health reports before deciding on charges as a grand jury was scheduled for mid January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Couthon
Carbondale
James C. Conthon
Couthon
Doctors Hospital
Jackson County
Richard Richman
Carbondale worker linked to triple slaying described as friendly
Kenneth Rogers, 24, of Carbondale, accused of killing three women, was described by his employer at 710 Book Store as a friendly, very good worker who progressed from frame to assistant art department. Manager Bo Coatney noted Rogers had a prison record but kept his private life separate. On Christmas Eve he reportedly worked hard before the store closed early.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Rogers
Carbondale
Rogers
Bo Coatney
Coatney
Coatnney
New bi county mental health agency forms in Illinois
Franklin and Williamson Counties form Mental Health Services of Franklin and Williamson Counties Inc to provide in and out patient care across both counties with headquarters in West Frankfort. The agency consolidates services from Southern Illinois Mental Health Clinic and expands staff including Floyd Cunningham as administrator and Michael Rainey as counselor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wg Sauce
Southern Illinoisan
Mental Health Services of
Franklin and Williamson Counties, Inc
Floyd Cunningham
E. Oak S T
West Frankfort
N. Park Ave
Herrin
Southern
Tilinsis Mental Health Clinic
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Williamson County
Southern Ilinois
Franklin and Williamson Agency
West Franksfort
Illinois Department of Mental Health
Wlliamson County
Southern Illinois Mental Health Clinic
Cunningham
Jane Addams School of Social Work
University of Dpois
Champaign-Urbana
Florence
Ala
Ningham A
Carbondale
American University
Cairo
Egypt
State Department of Children and Family Services
Beard
Michael Rainey
Rainey
Agency
Division of
Alcoholism
Southern Ilinois University
C. E. Boyd
Illinois
Franklin and
Williamson
Department of Mental Health
Dick Swaith
Bi County
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Rend College
State
Paroc Corp
George Earl Hill
Centratia
Curtis Parker
Charlotte Rose Gulley
Anna First Baptist Church
Waller M. Bartels
Ebenezer Hall Cemetery
McCarty
Carborndale
Miss Levering
Menard Newspaper
Harry Flynn
Dept. of Public Health
Chicago
Flynn
Richman
William Sinks
Don Copher
Marion
Franklin
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