The fatal shooting stunned the tight-knit town of Whitesburg, the county seat, with a population of about 1,700 people, 145 miles southeast of Lexington.

Stines is accused of killing Judge Kevin Mullins. Police say he shot Mullins multiple times last week during an argument in the judge's chambers at the Letcher County Courthouse.

(CNN) — A former Kentucky sheriff accused of killing a county judge in his chambers two months ago has pleaded not guilty to one count of murder of a public official. Monday’s arraignment was ...

A Kentucky sheriff accused of fatally shooting a judge in his chambers allegedly did so after calling his daughter on the victim's telephone, which had his daughter's number stored on it ...

Former Kentucky sheriff Mickey Stines, center, charged with murder for fatally shooting a judge,appears remotely for a court hearing with his attorneys, Jeremy Bartlett and Kerri Bartlett, on ...

GRAYSON, Ky. — In his first court appearance Wednesday morning, the Kentucky sheriff accused of fatally shooting a district judge inside his courthouse last week pleaded not guilty. Letcher ...

A rural Kentucky sheriff has pled not guilty after being charged with murder in the deadly shooting of a judge last week.Appearing before a judge virtually, Letcher County Sheriff Shawn "Mickey ...

LETCHER COUNTY, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky lawman stepped down Monday as sheriff of the county where he's accused of walking into a judge's chambers and killing him in a shooting that stunned their ...

A Kentucky lawman stepped down Monday as sheriff of the county where he’s accused of walking into a judge’s chambers and killing him in a shooting that stunned their Appalachian community.

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 ...

A former Kentucky sheriff accused of shooting and killing a judge in his chambers will undergo a psychiatric evaluation. The shooting happened at the Letcher County Courthouse last September ...

A judge is dead after a shooting at a courthouse in southeast Kentucky, and officials say the county sheriff fired the shots.The shooting was reported just before 3 p.m. at the Letcher County ...