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.

Since 2021, several law enforcement agencies have been working together to uncover a chicken fighting operation in the ...

The ex-lawman pleaded not guilty. He resigned days after the Sept. 19 shooting at the courthouse in Whitesburg, an Appalachian town about 100 miles (146 kilometers) southeast of Lexington ...

The ex-lawman pleaded not guilty. He resigned days after the Sept. 19 shooting at the courthouse in Whitesburg, an Appalachian town about 100 miles (146 kilometers) southeast of Lexington ...

Michael Shortridge, 24, has been charged with the murder of 42-year-old Steele resident Christopher Lester, according to a ...

WHITESBURG, Ky., Jan. 14. At Holman, this county, feud factions led respectively by W. Roarck and Henry Holcomb met to-day, and the two men named were killed, as well as Joseph Holcomb ...

Police did not release the names of the individuals arrested Sunday. The bust comes a month after a Whitesburg cockfighting operation was shutdown and its owner sentenced. Robert Dwayne Baker ...

A former Kentucky sheriff accused of gunning down a judge last year has appeared remotely from a jail for a court hearing.