Megan Valentine, 44, was arrested Tuesday after a deputy found the body of Illinois Second Judicial Circuit Court Judge Michael J. Valentine, according to Illinois State Police.

Sheriff John Wilcher and his soon-to-be replacement Richard Coleman sat down with WSAV following the election to talk future ...

A former Kentucky sheriff accused of killing a judge was experiencing an "extreme emotional disturbance," his attorney said.

Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines is accused of killing District Judge Kevin Mullins in the judge’s chambers in ...

Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines is accused of killing District Judge Kevin Mullins in the judge’s chambers in the city of Whitesburg on Sept. 19 Kentucky Court of Justice/AP ...

A new sheriff is on the job in Letcher County, Kentucky as the former sheriff awaits trial for allegedly killing a judge inside his chambers.The shooting happened at the Letcher County Courthouse ...

HE’S ACCUSED OF SHOOTING JUDGE KEVIN MULLINS IN HIS CHAMBER. SHERIFF JONES IS A LETCHER COUNTY NATIVE. HE SPENT FIVE YEARS IN THE AIR FORCE AND THEN JOINED THE NICHOLASVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT ...

Less than a month since a Kentucky sheriff was arrested at ... the Letcher County Courthouse. The Letcher County Coroner’s Office pronounced the judge dead at the scene. No one else was injured ...

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 ...

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.