A small, tight-knit southeast Kentucky community has been reeling after their sheriff was arrested for the killing of a prominent district judge in his chambers Thursday – spurring ...

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

On Thursday at about 7:30 p.m., the Amherst County Sheriff’s Office responded to 140 Overlook Drive in Madison Heights for a welfare check. Amherst County Sheriff Jimmy Ayers said the welfare check ...

Kentucky State Police Commissioner Phillip Burnett Jr. said "articles associated with the body," suggest the remains could belong to Joseph Couch.

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

After the Letcher County courthouse shooting, Kentucky laws will guide replacement of two key public positions.

Kevin Mullins, Mickey Stines, Donald Trump, Fighting Antisemitism event, Mark Robinson, Shohei Ohtani, Zach Bryan, Taylor ...

Police in Kentucky are investigating after a judge was shot and killed in his chambers at the Letcher County Courthouse.

According to the Madison County Sheriff's Office, one person has died after a Wednesday collision. Police report that 32-year-old Dakota Bell was operating an electric unicycle when he was struck.

A man died on Sunday night after a skid steer rolled on him in Iowa County on Saturday, the Iowa County Sheriff’s Office reported. Randy Cox, 63, of rural Dodgeville, died from his injuries at UW ...

MADISON COUNTY, Ky. ( FOX 56) — Authorities are investigating a crash that led to the death of a man in Madison County on ...

Madison County Sheriff's Office Detective Anthony Gatson assisted Homeland Security Investigations with locating and the subsequent arrest of a male subject who produced child sexual exploitation in ...