Washington County News

Truck carrying 40K pounds of beer overturns in Vt. 06/23/2009 4:40am Police say a truck carrying 40,000 pounds of beer overturned in Vermont and closed a highway for several hours.

Several local law enforcement agencies have announced increased patrols between now and the July 4 weekend in Orange and Washington counties.

On March 9, Bennington County prosecutors charged a 55-year-old man with the rape of a 12-year-old girl.

A Washington County man has pleaded guilty to charges in connection with killing his stepson in a drunken hit-and-run crash.

A fatal car accident this morning in Washington County. State Police say the single-car crash happened shortly after 2 a.m. on Route2/High Street in Plainfield, when a car carrying five people left the road and hit a tree head-on. The driver of the car, 17-year-old Caidin McKeever, of Montpelier, was not wearing a seatbelt and died at the scene.

A convicted sex offender has been charged with attempting to murder and rape a woman in Barre more than a year ago.

The closing of a Catholic elementary school in Washington County is not sitting well with some members of the school board.

A 20-year-old Washington County man told police he fell asleep before crashing his SUV on Interstate 89 early Monday morning.

Only one juror held out for a guilty verdict Tuesday in the case against a former correctional officer accused of beating an inmate.

Cost cutting measures weren't enough to save a Washington County summer camp. The Boys & Girls Club summer camp in Northfield has been canceled this year due to low enrollment, higher demand for financial aid and a drop in donations and grants.

A 63-year-old Duxbury man is accused of providing alcohol to minors, including one person who had to be taken to the hospital.

A Woodbury heart transplant patient who planned to cut out the heart of a stranger in a bizarre murder plot was sentenced to jail today in Washington County District Court.

The union representing thousands of state workers will file for a restraining order today to stop the state government from laying off about 120 state workers.

Charles Nichols Jr. found more ways than most to serve his community during his long lifetime.

A Hardwick police officer fired two shots at a motorist early last Friday morning in Woodbury, and police and prosecutors are investigating the shooting.

The sculpture of Samuel de Champlain gazes up the lake he explored 400 years ago this summer, opening the way for Europeans who made extensive use of the waterway during their 200-year struggle for control of North America.

A man who called 911 to complain that McDonald's left a juice box out of his drive-through order was arrested on Monday, Portland television station KPTV reported.

It poured rain off and on throughout the night Friday, but more than 100 participants were undaunted as they walked in support of all those people who have survived or lost their battles with cancer.

It was disappointing to read Bob Shaw's incomplete story about the Greater Twin Cities United Way on Thursday.

Vermont State Parks are getting a facelift. Just over $6 million of the $109 million capital budget will pay for deferred maintenance projects at Vermont's State Parks.