Vermont

Vermont State Police are investigating the suspicious deaths of three people whose bodies were found Sunday at a home in the Rutland County town of Pawlet. State police say they received a call reporting a suspicious person early Sunday morning, with the subsequent investigation leading troopers to a residence on Vermont Route 133, where the bodies...

A 26-year-old from St. Albans, Vermont, is dead after a crash overnight in Swanton. Vermont State Police say they were notified of the single-vehicle crash by Apple Crash Detection around 2:28 a.m. State troopers, the Swanton Fire Department and Missisquoi Valley Rescue responded to the area of Highgate Road near Bushey Road and found a totaled Sub...

A former employee with the Vermont Department of Children & Families is charged with sexually assaulting a minor in her care. According to WPTZ, 31-year-old Sonja Herman, of Swanton, was charged with sexual assault in July after the Chittenden Unit for Special Investigations received a report from DCF that she had engaged in a sexual relationsh...

Four people were killed in a plane crash in Vermont over the weekend, state police said Monday morning.

A Vermont woman is facing attempted murder and other charges after she allegedly shot at and struck a man’s vehicle as he attempted to leave her property early Saturday morning. Around 12:05 a.m. on Saturday, Vermont State Police said they received several 911 calls from a 35-year-old man who reported having been shot at while fleeing a resid...

A Vermont police officer has been cited by state police on several charges in connection with domestic violence incidents that allegedly occurred in late August and early September. Vermont State Police say they met on Friday with 30-year-old Jakob Oliver — an officer with the Royalton Police Department — and issued him a citation on ch...

A Vermont woman is dead after the pickup truck she was driving left the roadway and struck a tree alongside the highway in Bethel early Saturday morning. Vermont State Police say troopers were called to the single-vehicle crash on Interstate 89 northbound, near mile marker 26.2, around 5:34 a.m. There, they found a severely damaged Toyota Tundra th...

Vermont has failed to complete many actions in its five-year hazard mitigation plan aimed at reducing the risk from natural disasters such as flooding, according to a new report from the state auditor’s office. The plan is developed by Vermont Emergency Management every five years to identify natural hazards facing the state, create steps to ...

A Vermont Christian school that is barred from participating in the state sports league after it withdrew its girls basketball team from a playoff game because a transgender student was playing on the opposing team has taken its case to a federal appeals court.

A man is facing several charges after he allegedly attacked a pregnant nurse during a visit to a hospital in Berlin, Vermont, on Friday. Berlin police tell NBC10 Boston affiliate WPTZ that Michael Partlow, 62, of Barre City, also allegedly yelled obscenities, threatened staff and refused to leave while at Central Vermont Medical Center. Partlow is ...

Farmers in six Vermont counties can now apply for emergency loans granted by a federal disaster declaration in response to heavy rain and flooding in July. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack approved Gov. Phil Scott’s request on Thursday. Caledonia, Essex, Orange, Chittenden, Lamoille and Washington counties were recognized by the decl...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has opened disaster recovery centers in Vermont communities hit hard by violent flooding in mid-July while Gov. Phil Scott said he sought another federal disaster declaration on Wednesday for the second bout of severe flooding that occurred at the end of last month. Last week, President Joe Biden approved the...

The man suspected in a fatal shooting in Vermont has been arrested two years later in New Hampshire, authorities said Wednesday. The body of Justin Gilliam, a 38-year-old from Springfield, Vermont, was found on the side of Greeley Road near Spencer Brook in the town on June 6, 2022. Vermont State Police said they were investigating his death as a&#...