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

Gov. Andy Beshear ordered flags to be at half-staff Saturday in honor of a Russell County deputy who died Monday.

They'd been friends for years and were two well-known elected officials. So why would Letcher County's sheriff shoot its only ...

They'd been friends for years and were two well-known elected officials. So why would Letcher County's sheriff shoot its only judge in the courthouse?

A small, tight-knit southeast Kentucky community has been reeling after their sheriff was arrested for the killing of a ...

Letcher County Sheriff Shawn Stines has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a Kentucky District Judge Kevin ...

A small, tight-knit southeast Kentucky community has been reeling after their sheriff was arrested for the killing of a ...

Kentucky State Police Commissioner Phillip Burnett Jr. said "articles associated with the body," suggest the remains could belong to Joseph Couch.

Sheriff Shawn M. Stines allegedly shot and killed Mullins on Thursday in his Letcher County, Kentucky chambers. State police say measures were made to attempt to save Mullins’ life, but none were ...

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

Staff report Kentucky’s Chief State Medical Examiner Dr. William Ralston and the state police crime lab have confirmed that a ...

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