Letcher County

A former Kentucky sheriff charged with killing a county judge remained in an “active state of psychosis” days after the shooting and battled with jail staff, who had to use pepper spray on him, according to recently filed court documents.

The former Letcher County sheriff accused of murdering District Judge Kevin Mullins in September was in court for a status hearing Friday. Defense attorney Jeremy Bartley asked special Judge Christopher Cohron to allow their expert witness to conduct a criminal responsibility evaluation of Mickey Stines.

A Kentucky judge found probable cause to move the murder trial of former Sheriff Mickey Stines forward, following the playing of security video showing him repeatedly shooting Judge Kevin Mullins.

Beshear is asking for the resignation of Letcher County Sheriff Mickey Stines, who was arrested last week for the alleged shooting death of Letcher District Court Judge Kevin Mullins.

A judge in a rural Kentucky county was fatally shot in his courthouse chambers Thursday, and the local sheriff was charged with murder in the killing, police said.

Active shooter situation at Whitesburg courthouse. KSP have suspect in custody

The Bureau of Prisons has filed a new notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement for a new federal prison in Letcher County, Ky.

It’s a cloudy summer morning in the mountains, and Lois Thompson has just started heading home from the Letcher County Farmers Market in Whitesburg.

School is on hold in eastern Ky. as educators, students and families pick up the pieces of their lives.

The Mountain Eagle publisher and editor Ben Gish says it's been “exhausting and emotional” reporting on the devastating eastern Ky. floods.