As the top cop in Letcher County, Kentucky, Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines knew all about the inside of a jail cell. But he couldn’t even recognize one in the days after Stines allegedly murdered a ...

Pending an appeal by the Trump administration, November first was the day when more than 500,000 Kentuckians would lose their food assistance benefits as SNAP funding lapses during the ongoing ...

LETCHER COUNTY, Ky. (WJHL) — A flurry of activity is taking place in the case of the Commonwealth of Kentucky vs. Shawn “Mickey” Stines, the former Letcher County sheriff accused of killing a district ...

LETCHER COUNTY, Ky. (WJHL) — The defense for former Letcher County sheriff Shawn Mickey Stines has formally opposed a request by prosecutors for a second mental health evaluation. Stines is accused of ...

LETCHER COUNTY, Ky. (WJHL) — The former Letcher County sheriff accused of murdering a judge in his chambers appeared for a status hearing Friday. Shawn “Mickey” Stines is charged with first-degree ...

Left to Right: Rebecca Fields, Nadean Hayes, Joshua Webb and Josh Brown. They are Letcher County School bus drivers Photo provided Letcher County Schools bus drivers, who had threatened a walkout over ...

Leslie County travels to Letcher County Central for a nonleague Friday night meeting on Aug. 29. The Cougars will host the Eagles at Letcher County Central with kickoff slated for 7:30 p.m. Eastern.