A new district judge was appointed for the 47th Judicial District in Letcher County. In a post on social media, Nick Whitaker ...

Former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn "Mickey" Stines, accused of murdering a district judge, will receive a psych evaluation before eventually going to trial.

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The Republican-run Kentucky General Assembly tweaked and passed a bill ... Shelton, with the Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center, told lawmakers she has a well at her Letcher County home, but the water ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Prosecutors have requested a mental evaluation for a former Kentucky sheriff charged with gunning down a judge in a courthouse last year after his attorneys said they will ...

Hazard and Letcher County will take the court on Friday, March 7 at 6 p.m. ET. Don't miss out on any of the action with NFHS Network. The NFHS Network gives you access to live high school sports ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (FOX 56/WJHL) — The Kentucky Judicial Nominating Commission has announced the candidates for filling the Letcher County district judge seat, and all of them are graduates of the ...

Former Letcher County Sheriff Stines' attorney has filed paperwork asking ... The defendant would be sent off to probably the Kentucky Psychiatric Center.” That’s at the Kentucky State Reformatory in ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A multi-acre fire in Green County is now extinguished, according to Corey Houk from 99.9 The Big Dawg WLVC. The fire was extinguished just before 9:12 p.m. CT, according to a ...

Growing up along the Harlan-Letcher county line in Eastern Kentucky, Landen Morris often heard from family that he reminded them of his father.

LETCHER COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT/WYMT) - Former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey Stines,” who was charged in the shooting of a district judge, plans to use an insanity defense. That is according ...