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

Residents of a tiny Appalachian town are struggling to cope with a shooting involving two of its most prominent citizens: a Kentucky judge who was gunned down in his courthouse chambers and the local ...

The preliminary investigation indicates Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines shot District Judge Kevin Mullins multiple ...

Letcher County Sheriff Shawn Stines has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a Kentucky District Judge Kevin ...

The two men were seen getting ready to go to lunch on the day of the shooting. Hours later, Judge Kevin Mullins was dead from ...

Kentucky State Police continues its investigation after Letcher County District Judge Kevin Mullins was allegedly ... is in ...

A Kentucky sheriff charged with fatally shooting a judge inside his chambers was accused of failing to investigate claims that a local deputy was sexually assaulting women under house arrest.

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

After the Letcher County courthouse shooting, Kentucky laws will guide replacement of two key public positions.

“We all know each other here. For example ... The program was adopted in at least 50 counties in Kentucky, the AP reported.

The sheriff said the deputy was helping Kentucky State Police search for a suspect when the shooting occurred.

Joseph Couch had been the subject of a manhunt in Kentucky since a shooting on an interstate highway earlier this month.