They were two high-profile elected officials in a town ... Eastern Kentucky jurisdictions, will take up the case alongside ...

WHITESBURG, Ky. (AP) — Residents of a tiny Appalachian ... I just hate it,” said Mike Watts, the Letcher County circuit court clerk. “Both of them are friends of mine. I’ve worked with ...

Where is Kentucky's Letcher County District Court? The Letcher County District Court — where the alleged shooting happened Thursday — sits off the town's Main Street. Mullins, who oversaw the 47th ...

LETCHER COUNTY, Ky. — New details were revealed in court ... Whitesburg sent shock waves through the tight-knit Appalachian town and county seat of government with about 1,700 residents.

WHITESBURG, Ky. (WYMT) - Letcher Countians voted by majority to allow alcohol sales throughout the county. Alcohol sales were already allowed in the cities of Whitesburg, Jenkins and Fleming-Neon. Now ...

Framed out in Letcher County last month is a four-bedroom, solar-powered home under construction by nonprofit Homes Inc.

OpEd: To incentivize economic growth in our declining coal towns and prevent extensive pollution, what if our mines were repurposed as geothermal sites?

A former Kentucky sheriff was experiencing an "extreme emotional disturbance" when he allegedly fatally shot a judge, according to his attorney. Former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn "Mickey" Stines ...

A new sheriff is on the job in Letcher County, Kentucky as the former sheriff awaits trial for allegedly killing a judge inside his chambers.The shooting happened at the Letcher County Courthouse ...

The U.S. Bureau of Prisons has given the go-ahead for a new federal prison to be constructed in Letcher County. BOP Director ...

The shooting occurred at the Letcher County courthouse in Whitesburg. The Appalachian town in southeastern Kentucky is 146 miles (235 kilometers) southeast of Lexington, Kentucky. The shooting is ...

Clad in a drab gray jail uniform, a Kentucky sheriff displayed no emotion at his first court hearing Wednesday since being accused of walking into a judge's chambers and fatally shooting him — a ...