The killing sent shockwaves through the tiny town of Whitesburg – with a population of 1,711 people. “This community is small ...

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

A Kentucky judge was shot and killed by the county sheriff after exchanging phones just before the shooting happened, ...

Kentucky State Police are searching for motive as they investigate the fatal shooting of a district judge by a sheriff after ...

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

Investigators are searching for a motive after a Kentucky sheriff was arrested for allegedly gunning down a judge in his ...

A rural southeast Kentucky town is at the center of national headlines after police said the sheriff shot and killed a district judge.

Letcher County Sheriff Shawn "Mickey" Stines allegedly walked into the chambers of Judge Kevin Mullins, closed the door and started shooting, witnesses said.

Kentucky sheriff Shawn "Mickey" Stines is charged with murder after he allegedly fatally shot Judge Kevin Mullins.

WHITESBURG, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – The Letcher County Courthouse remained closed on Friday as Kentucky State Police and other investigators continued their examination of the scene where District ...

Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. “Mickey” Stines, 43, was arrested at the scene and has been charged with first-degree murder.