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 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 ...

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 ...

WINCHESTER, Ky. (WKYT) - It has now been two months since the Clark County Coroner says 15-year-old McKenna Letcher was hit and killed by a school bus in Winchester. The coroner says Letcher was ...

One decision can change someone’s life entirely. And those decisions can change the course of entire communities or even states. The life of one of Arkansas’s earliest judges is one ...

Bill Estep [email protected] Plans for construction of a new medium-security federal prison in Letcher County have been approved by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, Kentucky Congressman Hal ...

On Sept. 19, just before 3 p.m., Kentucky State Police received a report of shots fired inside the Letcher County Courthouse. The Letcher County Coroner’s Office pronounced the judge dead at the ...

KY Congressman Hal Rogers said he was “thrilled” about approved plans to build the new federal facility in Roxana, roughly 10 ...

The Letcher County Fiscal Court was awarded a $3.3 million grant from the Kentucky River Area Development District. This is through the Abandon Mine Lands Economic Revitalization Program (AMLER). The ...