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

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 ...

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 ...

Authorities say a judge in a rural Kentucky county was fatally shot at the local courthouse. The local sheriff has been charged with murder in the killing.

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

A Kentucky sheriff allegedly shot and killed a judge after the two had an argument. Here’s what we know about the two men, ...

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