With the election of Kentucky’s first Black female justice, Pamela Goodwine, women will hold four of the court’s seven seats.

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

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 ...

Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines is accused of killing District Judge Kevin Mullins in the judge’s chambers in ...

Stines was arrested and charged with murder after investigators said he shot and killed judge Kevin Mullins inside his chambers.Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman said his office will ...

HE’S ACCUSED OF SHOOTING JUDGE KEVIN MULLINS IN HIS CHAMBER ... MEANTI The new Letcher County, Kentucky, sheriff has been on the job for two weeks, and he's working to implement security ...

Less than a month since a Kentucky ... of a district judge's fatal shooting, the murder case against Shawn "Mickey" Stines is now in the hands of a grand jury for a potential indictment. Mullins ...

Less than a month since a Kentucky sheriff was arrested at ... is accused of fatally shooting District Judge Kevin Mullins in his private chambers at the Letcher County Courthouse late September.

Investigators say moments before Kentucky Sheriff Shawn Stines fired on Judge Kevin Mullins, the sheriff tried to call his 17-year-old daughter from the judge's phone. After the shooting the ...

The one-of-a-kind killing of a Kentucky judge ... Sheriff Mickey Stines drew his gun on Judge Kevin Mullins, his longtime co-worker and friend. Video from inside the judge’s chambers appear ...

WHITESBURG, Kentucky – Since the local sheriff ... In late September, prosecutors say, Sheriff Mickey Stines drew his gun on Judge Kevin Mullins, his longtime co-worker and friend.