Kentucky. Circuit Clerk Mike Watt saw District Judge Kevin Mullins and Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines shortly before ...

A former Kentucky sheriff accused of killing a judge was experiencing an "extreme emotional disturbance," his attorney said.

A man accused of killing a sheriff's deputy in Kentucky has received the maximum sentence for a separate crime committed just ...

WHITESBURG, Ky. (FOX 56) — A Kentucky judge was shot and killed in his courthouse chambers, with the then-sheriff behind bars and charged with murder. The preliminary investigation indicates ...

The judge is suspended for 14 days without pay after an investigation found she violated four judicial code of conduct rules.

Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines is accused of killing District Judge Kevin Mullins in the judge’s chambers in the city of Whitesburg on Sept. 19 Kentucky Court of Justice/AP ...

− With former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn "Mickey" Stines in court Tuesday, attendees at a hearing about the killing of District Court Judge Kevin ... in Whitesburg. Kentucky State Police ...

Pamela Goodwine has won a seat on the Kentucky Supreme Court, becoming the first Black female justice in the state's history.

The 12-member jury returned the late night verdict after clearing Brett Hankison earlier in the evening on a charge that he ...

Megan S. Valentine was charged with first-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of her husband, Judge Michael J ...

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a Louisiana state law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public school ...

Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines is accused of killing District Judge Kevin Mullins in the judge’s chambers in the city of Whitesburg on Sept. 19 Kentucky Court of Justice/AP; Letcher ...