Whitesburg is a very small, close-knit community in the Eastern Kentucky mountains and to say the community is in shock would ...

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

"Does the motive suggest this is really a one-off? Or does the motive suggest there is a systematic problem that needs to be ...

Letcher County Sheriff Shawn Stines has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a Kentucky District Judge Kevin Mullins, who was killed Thursday.

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 ...

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

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 ...

A Kentucky sheriff charged with fatally shooting a judge in his chambers Thursday was embroiled in a legal case before the ...

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