The violence erupted after an argument inside the courthouse, police said. It wasn’t clear what led to the shooting.

Investigators are trying to determine why a Kentucky sheriff allegedly shot and killed a district judge after they argued ...

Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines, 43, was taken into custody at the scene without incident, police said. He was charged ...

Kentucky State Police say Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines shot District Judge Kevin Mullins multiple times ...

Communities across Kentucky were rocked on Thursday after a courthouse shooting took place in the small town of Whitesburg. ...

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

The community of Whitesburg, Kentucky is in shock following the aftermath of a shooting resulting in a judge's death and the ...

A Kentucky sheriff charged with fatally shooting a judge inside his chambers was accused of failing to investigate claims ...

A sheriff charged with murder in the shooting of a rural Kentucky judge in his courthouse chambers is accused in a federal ...

WHITESBURG, Ky. (AP) — Residents of a tiny Appalachian town struggled Friday to cope with a shooting involving two of its ...

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

The fatal shooting stunned the tight-knit town of Whitesburg, the county seat, with a population of about 1,700 people.