A local sheriff ate lunch with a prominent district judge hours before allegedly shooting the judge in his chambers, according to a court official, who said the killing last Thursday has stunned the small community of Letcher County,

A funeral was held Sunday for a Letcher County judge who was shot and killed in his chambers. According to Kentucky State Police, Letcher County sheriff Mickey Stines, 43, shot Judge Kevin Mullins, 54,

A Kentucky judge who authorities said was fatally shot by a sheriff last week was remembered Sunday as a pioneer who fought opioid addiction and favored treatment over jail for low-level drug offenders.