WHITESBURG, Kentucky – Since the local sheriff here allegedly gunned down the district judge last month, the people of Letcher County remain unsettled and perplexed by this one-of-a-kind killing.

WHITESBURG, Ky. (WYMT) - Letcher Countians voted by majority to allow alcohol sales throughout the county. Alcohol sales were already allowed in the cities of Whitesburg, Jenkins and Fleming-Neon. Now ...

In her old house — built more than 100 years ago by a coal company — Lois Thompson says she couldn’t afford to run the heat ...

Less than a month since a Kentucky sheriff was arrested at the scene of a district judge's fatal shooting, the murder case against Shawn "Mickey" Stines is now in the hands of a grand jury for a ...

Not even in the furthest recesses of my brain did I even possibly think that any of this would be occurring in the future, ...

Rogers, who has long pushed for construction of a new prison in Eastern Kentucky, said he was ... roughly 10 miles to the west of Whitesburg. Rogers said design work and property acquisitions ...

Night - Clear. Winds variable. The overnight low will be 43 °F (6.1 °C). Sunny with a high of 71 °F (21.7 °C). Winds from E to ESE. Partly cloudy today with a high of 71 °F (21.7 °C) and a l ...

Women in Christian Leadership: Karen Smith, Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief volunteer. Karen was saved at age 7 at Whitesburg Baptist Church, and married Harold Smith at age 16. They were married 45 ...

The one-of-a-kind killing of a Kentucky judge, allegedly by the local sheriff, has shaken tight-knit Letcher County, leaving people baffled and... Why was a Kentucky judge killed? So far, it ...