WHITESBURG, Ky. — When Judge Kevin Mullins and Sheriff Shawn Stines, two longtime officials in a rural eastern Kentucky ...

LETCHER COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) - Organizers of the Mountain Heritage Festival announced that changes will be made to this year’s festival. Officials said the changes are due to recent events. The festival ...

A judge in a rural Kentucky county was fatally shot in his courthouse chambers Thursday, and the local sheriff was charged ...

In a story about the fatal shooting of a Kentucky judge that was initially published on Sept. 19, 2024, The Associated Press ...

In a civil lawsuit, the sheriff was accused of ignoring one of his subordinate’s sexual abuse of female prisoners.

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

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