Essex County News

An Essex County police chief will not face criminal charges after he was accused of embezzlement and fraud.

Lawmakers on Wednesday approved special-session legislation that will help staunch the fiscal bleeding in the state's unemployment trust fund.

No drunk drivers were apprehended Memorial Day weekend at DUI check points in Caledonia and Essex counties, said Vermont State Police.

Vermont's congressional delegation says the U.S. Border Patrol is going to build a new station in their state, instead of New Hampshire.

A massive littering and illegal dumping case in Essex County has Vermont State Police asking the public for help.

SUMMARY: After a joint investigation with the Department of Children and Families, Frank Fellows, age 36, of Concord, Vermont was cited to appear In Essex County Court on April 28th, 2009 to answer the charges of Sexual Assault.

The success rate for moose hunters in Vermont is up slightly, said Cedric Alexander, chairman of the state's Moose Management Team.

Vermont's elected prosecutors and sheriffs who make more than $60,000 have agreed to join other state officials in taking a 5 percent pay cut to help make up state budget shortfalls.

The number of killings in Vermont climbed to its highest level in a decade during 2008, with homicides penetrating the state from southern communities to the once-tranquil far northeast reaches.

Hoping to cut costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Vermont lawmakers want the state's courts to reduce the number of jail-to-courthouse trips made to ferry prisoners to routine court hearings.