Lamoille County News

HYDE PARK After deliberating for about six hours Tuesday, a jury found an Essex police officer not guilty of cruelty to animals for fatally shooting his neighbors dog in April.

The five Democratic candidates in the Vermont gubernatorial race met Thursday night to talk about the environment.

Senate President Pro Tempore Peter Shumlin's announcement Monday that he is running for governor brings the field of Democratic gubernatorial candidates to five in what will a very competitive primary.

Vermont is struggling through the most difficult times many of us have ever seen.

Economists Jeff Carr and Tom Kavet said this was the first time in two years they had some good news for state leaders.

LOCATION : Vermont Route 15, Johnson. VIOLATION: DUI #2, Underage Consumption, Violation of Conditions of Release.

Lamoille County Sheriff's deputies issued two underage drinking tickets early Saturday morning after being called to on St.

DATE/TIME: 10/31/2009 @ 0200 hours. LOCATION : St. Johns Street, Johnson, VT. VIOLATION: Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Sell ACCUSED: Timothy Moore and Brian Dow AGE: 21 and 20 CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Kittery, Maine and Hartford, VT SUMMARY OF INCIDENT: State Police executed a search warrant for marijuana on a residence rented by Timothy ...

The field of candidates hoping to become Vermont's next governor is getting bigger.

Former State Sen. Matt Dunne is set to announce he'll run for Vermont governor this morning.

If ever there were a small-town rising star, Shaun Bryer was it. The bright-eyed, clean-scrubbed teenager who smiled from his senior class portrait in the 1999 Peoples Academy yearbook seemed to have everything going for him.

The Department of Public Safety will use the bulk of nearly $1 million in new federal appropriations to improve radio communications between state police, local law-enforcement agencies and other first responders in the state.

The Lamoille County Sheriff's office says an attempted kidnapping at Johnson State College was a random act.

The Lamoille County Sheriff's Department says a female student was grabbed from behind and was hit in the head as she was walking to campus Monday night.

Morrisville police have arrested a 25-year-old -- who they said faked his age to have a relationship with an underage girl -- on sex crimes charges.

As a result of a criminal investigation by the Lamoille County Special Investigation Unit, William Javery was arrested and arraigned at the Lamoille County District Court for the crimes of Sexual Assault and Lewd and Lascivious Conduct with a Child.

President Barack Obama announced Friday he will nominate Judge Christina Reiss to the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont.

A dispute involving a scorned lover and a case of head lice led to a shooting late Tuesday in Morrisville and the filing of attempted-murder charges Wednesday, law-enforcement authorities said.

There's a new state representative for Cambridge, Belvidere and Waterville. Governor Douglas appointed Adam Howard to replace Rich Westman in the Vermont House of Representative.

A Vermont man was charged with attempted murder after he allegedly fired a rifle toward another man Tuesday evening.