Coulter Sentenced to Life for Double Murders in Illinois
James A. Coulter of Herrin was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole for the October 2006 murders of his estranged wife Amanda Tope and her friend Jack Weston. The 46-year-old was found guilty by a Franklin County jury after a trial that depicted a jealous, stalking pattern. The bodies of Tope, 31, and Weston, 31, were found Oct. 13, 2006, in Weston's Zeigler home, each killed by a single shotgun blast.
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Amanda Tope
Jack Weston
Franklin County
Leo Desmond
Coulter
Tope
Weston
Zeigler
Tom Dunn
Salukis Face Northern Iowa at Neutral Scottrade Center
In St Louis SIU and Northern Iowa tip off in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament with fans turning Scottrade Center into Carbondale North. SIU guard Bryan Mullins and Wesley Clemmons speak on home crowd advantage as tickets show SIU leading 1786 to 650 in sales.
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ST. Louis
Scottrade Center
Southern Illinois University
Northern Iowa
Saluki
Carbondale
SIU
Bryan Mullins
Missouri Valley Conference
Murder charge dropped plea reached for Vinson
In Williamson County Circuit Court Terrance Vinson 29 of Carbondale agreed to a plea reducing murder and aggravated kidnapping charges to simple kidnapping with five years in prison at 50 percent time served. The deal, urged by defense counsel, followed a lack of physical evidence tying Vinson to the October killing of Benjamin Slaughter at Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge.
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Marion
Williamson County Circuit Court
Charles Garnall
Paul Christensen
Jennifer Cavaness
Terrance Vinson
Vinson
Carbondale
Benjamin Slaughter
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Cavaness
Garnati
Uganda visit frames Obama question for Africans
In Kampala, Uganda, locals greet visitors with Okotya but ask how Obama, the African American candidate, is doing. Gerald Bareebe, a Makerere University senior, questioned a visiting SIUC lecturer about Obama, highlighting Africa's view of his candidacy as historic.
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Kampala
Uganda
Okotya
Luganda
Obama
Gerald Bareebe
Makerere University
SIUC
Kenya
Bareebe
Parents question Carbondale District 95 on after school aid
Sharifa Stewart and Semaj Stewart press Carbondale Elementary School District 95 about delayed federally funded after school tutoring under No Child Left Behind. At a February city council meeting, officials heard from tutoring groups as the program finally becomes available this year amid parental gaps in notice.
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Sharifa Stewart
Carbondale
Semaj Stewart
Brad Cole
Cole
Semaj
Carbondale Middle School
Stewart
NCLB
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Becky Malkovich
Salukis
John D. Homan
Lee Vace
Jimmy Recktenwald
William Becktenwald
SEF
Africa
William
Becktenwald
Penace
Charlane Morra
Souul Ann
Brett Nadal
Dear Abby
Veterans Affairs
Pinckneyville
Chicago
North Lawndale
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