Investigators are searching for a motive after a Kentucky sheriff was arrested for allegedly gunning down a judge in his ...

Police responded to the Letcher County Courthouse on a shooting on Tuesday that reportedly occurred in the District Courtroom, according to The Mountain Eagle on Facebook.

Residents of a tiny Appalachian town struggled Friday to cope with a shooting involving two of its most prominent citizens: a ...

The sheriff charged with murder in the shooting of a rural Kentucky judge in his courthouse chambers was accused in a federal ...

As the aftermath of Thursday’s Letcher County shooting unfolds, LEX 18 has learned more background information on the victim ...

Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines, 43, was taken into custody at the scene without incident, police said. He was charged ...

Kentucky State Police say Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines shot District Judge Kevin Mullins multiple times ...

A Kentucky sheriff faces murder charges in connection with the deadly shooting of a local judge in his chambers on Thursday ...

A judge in a rural Kentucky county was fatally shot in his courthouse chambers on Thursday, with the local sheriff charged ...

He was appointed to the position in 2009 by former Gov. Steve Beshear, according to an archived article in The Mountain Eagle. He was elected to the position the following year, election records show.

Gov. Andy Beshear's speech Monday night at the Democratic National Convention probably seemed familiar to viewers in the Bluegrass State. There was his rejection of "anger politics," a message he's ...