Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines, 43, was taken into custody at the scene without incident, police said. He was charged with one count of first-degree murder.

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 ...

My children] lost their uncle. My beautiful nieces have lost their father,” Letcher County Commonwealth’s Attorney Matt ...

A Kentucky judge was shot and killed in his chambers on Thursday, according to Gov. Andy Beshear. The incident occurred at ...

Authorities say a judge in a rural Kentucky county was fatally shot at the local courthouse. The local sheriff has been charged with murder in the killing.

Stines, 43, shot District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, on Thursday afternoon after an argument inside the Letcher County ...

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

KSP’s preliminary investigation indicates that Letcher County Sheriff Shawn Mickey Stines, 43, shot Mullins following an ...

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

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

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