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 Letcher County Courthouse in Whitesburg, Ky., is where Sheriff Mickey Stines is accused of fatally shooting District Judge Kevin Mullins, a friend and co-worker, on Sept. 19. (Arden Barnes for ...

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 ...

The Letcher County Fiscal Court was awarded a $3.3 million grant from the Kentucky River Area Development District. This is ...

A new 1,400-inmate Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) federal prison facility has been approved for construction in Letcher County, U.S. Rep. Harold “Hal” Rogers said today.

So far, it remains a mystery WHITESBURG, Kentucky – Since the local sheriff here allegedly gunned down the district judge last month, the people of Letcher County remain unsettled and perplexed ...

27, 28 and 30, following the courthouse shooting on Sept ... A mural inside the Letcher County Public Library in Whitesburg, Ky., reads, “These people are my family, these mountains are my ...

27, 28 and 30, following the courthouse shooting on Sept ... to be probably measured in decades and not years.” A mural inside the Letcher County Public Library in Whitesburg, Ky., reads, “These ...