The question haunting a Kentucky town: Why would the sheriff shoot the judge? The men also had deep ties to the community, ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Framed out in Letcher County last month is a four-bedroom, solar-powered home under construction by nonprofit Homes Inc.
The U.S. Bureau of Prisons has given the go-ahead for a new federal prison to be constructed in Letcher County. BOP Director ...
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 ...
MEANTI The new Letcher County, Kentucky, sheriff has been on the job for two weeks, and he's working to implement security changes.Sheriff Billy Jones replaced Mickey Stines, who resigned after ...
WHITESBURG, Ky. (WYMT) - The 2023 season was a tough end for the Letcher Central Lady Cougars, losing to Estill County in the ...