"An unexpected decline in my health" has promoted Helmig to step down as sheriff of Kentucky's largest full-service office.

Boone County Sheriff Michael Helmig says that he will step down next year after 27 years of service as the county's top law ...

He formally resigned as Letcher County Sheriff in September after Governor Andy Beshear and Kentucky General Counsel S. Travis Mayo urged him to step down. If convicted, Stines faces the death ...

A former Kentucky sheriff accused of fatally shooting ... according to the Louisville Courier-Journal. The former sheriff, who stepped down from his role following his arrest, was one of several ...

A former Kentucky sheriff accused in the fatal shooting of a judge in September was arraigned on new charges Monday.

A grand jury has indicted a rural Kentucky sheriff who gunned down his longtime judge pal in his chambers during a heated exchange — in a vicious murder that could make him eligible for the ...

A former Kentucky sheriff is facing the death penalty after he was charged over the slaying of a judge gunned down in his courthouse chambers two months ago. Shawn 'Mickey' Stines was indicted ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- An old interview is throwing a new twist into the case of a Letcher County, Kentucky, judge ...

WHITESBURG, Ky. — A former eastern Kentucky sheriff was arraigned on a murder charge Monday at the same courthouse where he is accused of fatally shooting a county judge about two months ago.

A grand jury returned a murder charge Thursday against a former Eastern Kentucky sheriff accused of shooting ... but it was the next step required for prosecuting Stines. Stines, 43, surrendered ...

A former Kentucky sheriff charged in ... Former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines is accused of gunning down District Judge Kevin Mullins in the judge’s chambers.

A former Kentucky sheriff charged in a ... who wore a gray jail uniform at the hearing. The former sheriff is accused of gunning down District Judge Kevin Mullins in the judge's chambers.