Shawn “Mickey” Stines, the former Letcher County sheriff, is charged with murder in the death of Letcher County Judge Kevin ...

The Commonwealth has argued that the indictment of former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn "Mickey" Stines should stand, despite ...

Prosecutors requested a judge deny Stines’ motion to dismiss his indictment. Stines claimed prosecutors withheld information ...

Kentucky State Police are searching for motive as they investigate the fatal shooting of a district judge by a sheriff after the two had an argument inside the judge’s chambers, according to police.

KENTUCKY SHERIFF CHARGED WITH FATALLY SHOOTING JUDGE DEPOSED IN RAPE-RELATED CASE DAYS EARLIER. District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, was allegedly killed by Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines, ...

A Kentucky sheriff has been arrested Thursday in connection with the fatal shooting of a district judge inside a courthouse, Kentucky State Police said.

WHITESBURG, Kentucky – Since the local sheriff here allegedly gunned down the district judge last month, the people of Letcher County remain unsettled and perplexed by this one-of-a-kind killing.

A judge in a rural Kentucky county was shot and killed in his courthouse chambers Thursday, and the local sheriff was charged with murder, police said.

Two people were rushed to the hospital Tuesday after a violent dog attack in Mason County, Kentucky. It happened on July 1 ...

A Kentucky sheriff charged with fatally shooting a judge inside his chambers was accused of failing to investigate claims that a local deputy was sexually assaulting women under house arrest.

A preliminary hearing for a Kentucky sheriff accused of killing a judge revealed more details about what happened that day and hinted at some possible motives.Watch the hearing in the player above ...