Newport to host forum on human trafficking, public safety
NEWPORT, Vt. (WCAX) – A community forum on public safety and human trafficking takes place in Newport on Wednesday night. Newport Mayor Linda Sullivan and Orleans County State’s Attorney Farzana Leyva are hosting the panel that will
Police warn of possible rabid fox in Woodstock
WOODSTOCK, Vt. (WCAX) – Police in Woodstock are warning hikers about a fox seen in the Mount Tom area that may be rabid. Police and the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park have gotten multiple reports in the last
Pawlet triple murder suspect due back in court on Thursday
LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (WCAX) – The man suspected of killing three of his family members in Pawlet earlier this month is due back in court on Thursday. The hearing in Lake George, New York, will determine when
New York troopers investigate fatal ATV crash
BELLMONT, Vt. (WCAX) – New York State Police are investigating a fatal ATV crash last week in the Adirondack Park town of Bellmont. Authorities say Lyman Miller, 93, of Ellenburg Depot, was going downhill on a dirt
Vt. congressional delegation calls on FEMA to address slow flood recovery response
WASHINGTON (WCAX) – Vermont’s congressional delegation is calling on FEMA to address internal operations that they say are harming the agency’s ability to respond effectively to disasters. They say high staff turnover and other inconsistencies are slowing
Rhode Island man charged in shootout with Vt. troopers to remain behind bars
ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. (WCAX) – A Rhode Island man charged in connection with an officer-involved shooting in Vermont back in July will continue to be held without bail. It started as a chase with police in New
Police identify man injured in Rutland shooting
RUTLAND, Vt. (WCAX) – Police have released the name of a man left in critical condition after a shooting in Rutland last week. Investigators say he is Joseph Walsh, 20, of Rutland. They say Walsh is hospitalized
1 arrested in St. Albans burglary
ST. ALBANS TOWN, Vt. (WCAX) – Authorities say an unhoused St. Albans person has been charged with breaking into a local restaurant. St. Albans Police say officers responded to the Maple City Diner in St. Albans Town
Walmart to move into Rutland’s Diamond Run Mall
RUTLAND, Vt. (WCAX) – Walmart plans to relocate its existing Rutland store to the former Diamond Run Mall. The company announced Tuesday that it will be moving its current location on Shopping Plaza Road in order to
Man who killed 2 Dartmouth professors challenging his sentence
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty as a teenager to the 2001 stabbing deaths of two married Dartmouth College professors is challenging his life-without-parole sentence, saying that the New Hampshire Constitution prohibits it. Robert