After announcing he was recusing himself from the case because of his relationships with the two men, the commonwealth's ...

The Letcher County Sheriff accused of killing a judge is a defendant in a federal lawsuit. Here's what the lawsuit says.

A Kentucky sheriff is facing charges of first-degree murder after shooting and killing a local judge inside his chambers last ...

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

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

Matt Butler, who is a commonwealth attorney for Letcher County, remembers Kevin Mullins, who was shot dead on Thursday, as having 'endless patience' and was always 'kind.' ...

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

Sheriff Shawn M. Stines allegedly shot and killed Mullins on Thursday in his Letcher County, Kentucky chambers. State police ...

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

Police say the sheriff of rural Letcher County, Kentucky, shot District Judge Kevin Mullins several times after an argument ...

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