They'd been friends for years and were two well-known elected officials. So why would Letcher County's sheriff shoot its only judge in the courthouse?

Police say the sheriff of rural Letcher County, Kentucky, shot District Judge Kevin Mullins several times after an argument ...

Residents of a tiny Appalachian town are struggling to cope with a shooting involving two of its most prominent citizens: a ...

A Kentucky judge was shot and killed by the county sheriff after exchanging phones just before the shooting happened, ...

The sheriff charged with murdering a Kentucky Judge Thursday was deposed in a lawsuit earlier Monday, alleging that the ...

Kentucky State Police are searching for motive as they investigate the fatal shooting of a district judge by a sheriff after ...

District Judge Kevin Mullins was shot inside the Letcher County Courthouse. Kentucky State Auditor of Public Accounts Allison ...

Letcher County Sheriff Mickey Stines, accused of killing Mullins, once served as a bailiff in the judge’s courtroom.

A Kentucky sheriff allegedly shot and killed a judge after the two had an argument. Here’s what we know about the two men, ...

A Kentucky sheriff allegedly shot a judge early Thursday afternoon. Here's a look at the motive behind the Letcher County shooting.

Mullins was appointed in 2009 by Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear and was elected in his own right a year later, according to The ...

Kevin R. Mullins, 54, had been a District Judge in Letcher County, Ky., for 15 years. Before that, he was a prosecutor in ...