Prosecutors requested a judge deny Stines’ motion to dismiss his indictment. Stines claimed prosecutors withheld information ...

Troubled by low pay, Letcher County School bus drivers are threatening to stage a walkout this fall if they don’t get a 5% ...

Shawn “Mickey” Stines, the former Letcher County sheriff, is charged with murder in the death of Letcher County Judge Kevin ...

Prosecutors have asked a judge to uphold a murder charge against the former Letcher County sheriff accused of fatally ...

Investigation after deadly shooting. The shooting occurred at the Letcher County courthouse in Whitesburg, Kentucky, which is about 146 miles southeast of Lexington.

Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines allegedly killed Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, in his chambers at the Letcher County Courthouse in Whitesburg following an argument, Kentucky State Police ...

Mullins was appointed by Gov. Steve Beshear in 2009. Stines was elected as sheriff of Letcher County in 2018 and reelected in 2022. Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman said his office will ...

LETCHER COUNTY, Ky. — An eastern Kentucky sheriff charged with the murder of a district judge made his first court appearance on Wednesday. During his arraignment, Sheriff Mickey Stines pleaded ...

According to Kentucky State Police, Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines got into an argument with Mullins prior to shooting the judge inside his chambers on Sept. 19.

Whitesburg is a city in Letcher County and the county seat, which sits in southeast Kentucky. The county population is 21,548, according to the 2020 U.S. Census.

According to Kentucky State Police, a district judge in Letcher County was shot and killed in his chambers around 3 p.m. Thursday. In an update on Thursday night, Kentucky State Police Trooper ...

Letcher County's judge-executive signed an order closing on Friday the county courthouse where the shooting took place. Mullins, 54, was hit multiple times in the shooting, Kentucky State Police said.