A former Kentucky sheriff accused of killing a judge was experiencing an "extreme emotional disturbance," his attorney said.

A district judge is dead and a county sheriff is in jail, following a stunning series of events in Whitesburg Thursday. Letcher County Sheriff Mickey Stines allegedly walked into District Judge Kevin ...

Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines is accused of killing District Judge Kevin Mullins in the judge’s chambers in the city of Whitesburg on Sept. 19 Kentucky Court of Justice/AP ...

A new sheriff is on the job in Letcher County ... charged with murder after investigators said he shot and killed judge Kevin Mullins inside his chambers.Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman ...

HE’S ACCUSED OF SHOOTING JUDGE KEVIN MULLINS IN HIS CHAMBER. SHERIFF JONES IS A LETCHER COUNTY NATIVE. HE SPENT FIVE YEARS IN THE AIR FORCE AND THEN JOINED THE NICHOLASVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT ...

Beginning in 2001, Mullins served as an assistant commonwealth’s attorney in Letcher County. He was appointed to the position of judge of the 47th Judicial District, which presides over Letcher ...

the people of Letcher County remain unsettled and perplexed by this one-of-a-kind killing. In late September, prosecutors say, Sheriff Mickey Stines drew his gun on Judge Kevin Mullins, his longtime ...

the people of Letcher County remain unsettled and perplexed by this one-of-a-kind killing. In late September, prosecutors say, Sheriff Mickey Stines drew his gun on Judge Kevin Mullins ...