The violence erupted after an argument inside the courthouse, police said. It wasn’t clear what led to the shooting.

WHITESBURG, Ky. (AP) — Residents of a tiny Appalachian town struggled Friday to cope with a shooting involving two of its ...

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

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

A sheriff fatally shot a judge in Kentucky on September 19, 2024. Learn about the situation and find out the identity of the ...

Authorities say a judge in a rural Kentucky county was fatally shot at the local courthouse. The local sheriff has been ...

WHITESBURG, Ky. — When Judge Kevin Mullins and Sheriff Shawn Stines, two longtime officials in a rural eastern Kentucky ...

LETCHER COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) - Organizers of the Mountain Heritage Festival announced that changes will be made to this year’s festival. Officials said the changes are due to recent events. The festival ...

In a civil lawsuit, the sheriff was accused of ignoring one of his subordinate’s sexual abuse of female prisoners.

LETCHER COUNTY, Ky. (TND) — A judge in a Kentucky town was shot and killed Thursday at the local courthouse and the local ...

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