They’d been friends for years and once worked side-by-side in the county courthouse. They were two high-profile elected officials in a town where it seems like everybody knows each other.

They'd been friends for years and were two well-known elected officials. So why is Letcher County's sheriff charged with ...

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

Investigators are searching for a motive after a Kentucky sheriff was arrested for allegedly gunning down a judge in his ...

Backroads of Appalachia Event Coordinator Nick Sexton said the event brings back a lot of memories as his dad started the event several decades ago.

Residents of a tiny Appalachian town struggled Friday to cope with a shooting involving two of its most prominent citizens: a judge who was gunned down in his courthouse chambers and a local sheriff ...

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

After announcing he was recusing himself from the case because of this relationships with the two men, the Commonwealth's ...

Thursday night as a Kentucky state trooper gave reporters details that state police had pieced together about a judge’s ...

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

WHITESBURG, Ky ... a judge who was gunned down in his courthouse chambers and a local sheriff charged with his murder. "It's just so sad. I just hate it," said Mike Watts, the Letcher County circuit ...