Clay County man is sentenced for killing his mother

A man accused of killing his mother in Clay County has been sentenced to 38 years in prison. Johnny Rogers of Widen pleaded guilty in April to voluntary manslaughter in the death of his mother after initially telling police that he became worried and drove his four-wheeler to look for his mother and found the charred vehicle. Court records say he later changed the story and admitted to shooting Jackson in the head, pushing her vehicle over the embankment and setting the vehicle on fire. The sentence was handed down this week.