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 ...

Investigators are trying to determine why a Kentucky sheriff allegedly shot and killed a district judge after they argued ...

A district judge is dead and a county sheriff has been arrested in connection to a fatal shooting at the Letcher County ...

Authorities say Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines, 43, shot District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, on Thursday afternoon ...

The community of Whitesburg, Kentucky is in shock following the aftermath of a shooting resulting in a judge's death and the ...

District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, was pronounced dead at the scene. Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines, 43, was arrested ...

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

The fatal shooting stunned the tight-knit town of Whitesburg, the county seat, with a population of about 1,700 people.

A Kentucky sheriff charged with fatally shooting a judge inside his chambers was accused of failing to investigate claims ...

Communities across Kentucky were rocked on Thursday after a courthouse shooting took place in the small town of Whitesburg.

WHITESBURG, Ky. — The sheriff charged with murder in the shooting of a rural Kentucky judge in his courthouse chambers was ...