The U.S. Bureau of Prisons has given the go-ahead for a new federal prison to be constructed in Letcher County. BOP Director ...

For the decades this effort has been discussed, there has been continued support and opposition. Some folks are celebrating ...

The preferred site in Letcher County identified by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons for a high-security prison is a spot at Roxana that was flattened by surface mining. Bill Estep bestep@herald-leader ...

Instead, a recent press release praises a new prison bringing new jobs to Letcher County. Public records show a later, ...

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 ...

LOUISVILLE ARSON IS INVESTIGATING. THE NEW LETCHER COUNTY SHERIFF HAS NOW BEEN ON THE JOB FOR TWO WEEKS AND IS WORKING TO IMPLEMENT NEW SECURITY CHANGES. SHERIFF BILLY JONES REPLACES MICKEY STYNES ...

Sheriff Shawn Mickey Stines, the sheriff of Letcher ... prison with the possibility of the death penalty. He will appear back ...

A new sheriff is on the job in Letcher County, Kentucky as the former sheriff awaits trial for allegedly killing a judge inside his chambers.The shooting happened at the Letcher County Courthouse ...

WHITESBURG, Ky. (FOX 56) — It’s a case many in the Commonwealth have been following since the very beginning, when Letcher County Sheriff Shawn ‘Mickey’ Stines allegedly killed district ...

Judge Kevin Mullins was in his district office when he was shot shortly before 3 p.m., and Letcher County Sheriff Mickey Stines has been detained in the slaying, Kentucky State Police said ...

LETCHER COUNTY, Ky. (WJHL) — The Letcher County Sheriff has retired amid allegations that he shot and killed a district judge in the county courthouse. A letter from the Law Office of Jeremy A.

A county sheriff shot and killed a judge in the Letcher County Courthouse on Thursday, according to Kentucky State Police (KSP). State police said Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines ...