Authorities say a sheriff’s deputy in Kentucky has been fatally shot while pursuing a suspect who had fled on foot. Russell County Sheriff Derek Polston says his deputy, Josh Phipps, was assisting ...

Gov. Andy Beshear ordered flags to be at half-staff Saturday in honor of a Russell County deputy who died Monday.

They'd been friends for years and were two well-known elected officials. So why would Letcher County's sheriff shoot its only ...

The motive is still unclear after police say a county sheriff in Kentucky, killed a district judge during an argument in the judge's chambers. NBC’s Shaquille Brewster reports for TODAY.

A small, tight-knit southeast Kentucky community has been reeling after their sheriff was arrested for the killing of a ...

IRONTON, Ohio (WSAZ) -- Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing man who has dementia. Robert Patton, of ...

A small, tight-knit southeast Kentucky community has been reeling after their sheriff was arrested for the killing of a ...

Sheriff Shawn M. Stines allegedly shot and killed Mullins on Thursday in his Letcher County, Kentucky chambers. State police say measures were made to attempt to save Mullins’ life, but none were ...

Kentucky State Police say 43-year-old Sheriff Mickey Stines shot and killed 54-year-old District Judge Kevin Mullins inside ...

GRAVES COUNTY, Ky. (KFVS) - A man has been arrested after a stolen vehicle is recovered in Graves County, Kentucky. According ...

A 10-year-old boy in Florida is facing a felony charge after his father turned him in Thursday for threatening to “shoot up” an area high school.

In a civil lawsuit, the sheriff was accused of ignoring one of his subordinate’s sexual abuse of female prisoners.