The sheriff was a defendant in a lawsuit arguing he failed to supervise a deputy who coerced women into having sex with him.

As residents of a small town in southeast Kentucky mourn the loss of a prominent district judge, they’re looking for answers ...

WHITESBURG, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky judge who was gunned down in his courthouse chambers was remembered for his public service ...

A Kentucky sheriff accused of fatally shooting District Judge Kevin Mullins will appear in court on Wednesday.

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

Kentucky Sheriff Shawn M. Stines has been charged with murder in the first degree in the fatal shooting of District Judge ...

Shawn M. Stines, the Letcher County Sheriff accused of shooting and killing a district judge, is set to appear in court ...

The police say a sheriff shot District Judge Kevin Mullins inside the courthouse on Thursday afternoon before turning himself ...

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

Authorities say Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines, 43, shot District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, on Thursday afternoon ...

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

A Kentucky judge whom authorities said was fatally shot by a sheriff last week was remembered Sunday as a pioneer who fought ...