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Stein Goes for Two to Win in Overtime … Again
By Collan McCoy: Sports Writer
It feels like Deja Vu around the Kentucky football program as Will Stein and the Kentucky Wildcats defeat Lane Kiffin and the LSU Tigers in overtime, by a score of 35-34.
With his fifth win of the season, Will Stein is off to the best start by a head coach in program history, surpassing Bear Bryant’s 4-2 record from the 1946 season.
A touchdown by CJ Baxter, followed by a two-point conversion by quarterback Kenny Minchey, pushes the Wildcats past Lane Kiffin’s LSU Tigers, 35-34, in overtime for the second week in a row.
Minchey throws for 246 yards, while Baxter rushes for 123 yards and two touchdowns in the biggest win of Stein’s short career.
The lead changed hands eight times. After two missed field goals with less than five minutes remaining, Kentucky’s kicker made the one that mattered, tying the game at 27 with 12 seconds remaining to send it to overtime.
The Wildcats travel to Oklahoma next Saturday to face the Sooners, who earlier today knocked off the No. 1 Texas Longhorns, 27-24.
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Appeals court temporarily halts second mental-health exam for former Letcher sheriff
FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Court of Appeals has temporarily blocked a second court-ordered mental-health evaluation for former Letcher County Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines, who is charged with murdering District Judge Kevin Mullins.
In an order granting emergency relief, Chief Appellate Judge Larry Thompson stayed the portion of an Aug. 11 Letcher Circuit Court order authorizing prosecutors to have Stines undergo another mental-health evaluation. The second evaluation had been scheduled for Oct. 14 with Indiana psychiatrist Dr. George Parker.
In his ruling, Thompson indicated the stay is required because otherwise Stines would undergo the second evaluation before the court could issue a final ruling.
“This Court does not believe that granting a stay in of the second mental-health evaluation will unduly delay the proceedings below,” Thompson wrote. “The stay will be of minimal duration. No trial date has been set by the trial court, and the trial court has not yet even determined venue for the action.”
The ruling is not the final say, but temporarily prevents the second evaluation from proceeding under that order while the legal challenge continues.
In his order, Thompson says he is not making any determination about the issues under considering, saying “relief does not reflect any assessment as to the ultimate merits of the petition for a writ of prohibition.”
Stines’ attorneys filed a petition with the Court of Appeals seeking to block the additional examination, arguing prosecutors have not established sufficient legal grounds to require it.
Stines previously underwent a criminal-responsibility evaluation through the Kentucky Correctional Psychiatric Center after notifying the court in February 2025 that he intended to present mental-health evidence related to his criminal responsibility.
His attorneys argue prosecutors are seeking another evaluation because they disagree with the conclusions of the first examination. They also contend the additional evaluation would violate Stines’ Fifth Amendment protections and potentially expose information about his defense strategy.
The defense has asked the appeals court to overturn the order authorizing the second examination. Alternatively, attorneys have argued prosecutors should be permitted to have an expert review the existing evaluation and related records without conducting another examination.
Special Judge Christopher Cohron granted the Commonwealth’s request for a second evaluation in August, finding it reasonable and supported by good cause.
The appeals court’s emergency order does not resolve the underlying legal dispute over whether a second evaluation is justified. It temporarily suspends the lower court’s order as it relates to that examination.
Stines is charged with murder in the September 19, 2024, shooting death of Mullins inside the judge’s chambers at the Letcher County Courthouse. He has pleaded not guilty.
The case remains pending.
A copy of Thompson’s order follows:
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