After warning her, Zorn used a “rear wristlock” technique—placing her arm behind her back and applying pressure—to lift her to her feet.
Supreme Court rules for state trooper over State House protestor
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Masked man threatens clerk, demands cash
The incident occurred shortly after midnight when a masked man entered the store, displayed a weapon, threatened the clerk and demanded money.
Hartford CT fugitive from justice busted in prison
Ayala, 34, of Hartford had an extraditable arrest warrant out of the state of Connecticut for a parole violation.
New wetlands map covers 45% of VT – how about your town?
The wetlands updates are required by the Flood Safety Act, Act 121, passed in 2024.
Ram Hinsdale: Where 100% of Vermonters agree
This isn’t about urban versus rural. Every part of Vermont depends on working lands, housing, open space, and economic opportunity.
Repeal Act 181 protest noon Tuesday
Act 181 opponents home to fill the State House lawn Tuesday at noon.
Elderly driver dies in collision during spring blizzard
The impact caused catastrophic damage to Pellerin’s vehicle, with the cab separating from the frame.
Pay Act boosts state salaries – guv to earn $243,520
Salary increases for Vermont’s statewide elected officials are moving forward as part of a broader biennial bill that adjusts state employee wages based on collective bargaining agreements (CBAs).
Roper: VT Democrats have a rural voter problem. Clinging to Act 181 won’t help
The ‘Cave Dwellers’ are catching on.
Pass Save America Act – call senators NOW!
Call your senators and Sens. Thune and Fetterman – phone numbers provided.
Drag Queen Story Hour canceled due to security concerns
Beeman Elementary has canceled the entire DEI unit due to alleged communications that threaten the safety of students and staff.
Vergennes man pleads innocent to human trafficking
Memoli has a sex crime record going back as far as 2008.
Cops take down barricaded assault suspect with non-lethal munitions
Belmore threw a liquefied petroleum gas cylinder at police then advanced on them with a blunt metal object.
50 huskies rescued
Malnourished huskies rescued in raid on Hyde Park barn.
Hooper: Photo of legislator rolling around committee room floor led to resignation
To illustrate the rug/dress color coordination, Hooper said, the member got down on the floor of the committee room and rolled around.
Lawmaker to resign over sexual harassment finding
All but three House Democrats signed a letter calling on Hooper, a Vietnam veteran and lawmaker representing North Burlington since 2019, to resign his seat in the Legislature
Oil truck catches fire in Waterbury
Smoke and fire pouring out of the truck greeted I-89 exit 10 traffic – including this reporter.
Tell your Covid-19 mandate story at State House Wednesday, March 25
Six years after Covid-19 began, it’s time to be heard.
Nutmeg State drug, indecent exposure suspects arrested
CT teenager charged with felony drug possession after raid on drug house jailed – for now.
Grace Potter joins LG candidate at site of his life-changing ski accident Tuesday
The evening event will feature a special performance by Vermont musician Grace Potter.
Prison nurse busted for giving drugs to inmate
Baker was suspended from her position the same day the drug was discovered and resigned three days later, on Oct. 27, 2025.
Secret Service seeks EBT card fraud in VT next week
If a skimming device is discovered during a visit, trained personnel will remove and collect the device for further analysis.
19-year-old charged with sex with minor
According to investigators, authorities received a report that Stryker had been involved in a sexual relationship with a juvenile.
Road rule can kicked down the road
The road rule would be delayed, and rural properties affected by develop regulation would be taxed accordingly.
Sportsmen’s banquet Saturday night
The event helps support the organization’s efforts to promote Vermont’s outdoor traditions and provide youth education programs.
EXCLUSIVE: House Rep resigns from committee after sex harrassment probe
Krowinski commended the complainant, who is not named in the letter, for “an extraordinarily courageous action.”
Burlington mayor clamps down on online criticism of police role in ICE raid
Without local police on site, the mayor warned, the situation could have spiraled into the kind of unchecked escalation seen in Minneapolis during past ICE engagements, where absent municipal support reportedly contributed to extreme violence and civilian deaths.
Purple paint property posting proposal pulled
Heffernan left the Senate chamber shortly after Pro Tem Phil Baruth announced the vote on Prop 4.
Vermont, who is thy neighbor?
For years, the state has made itself unusually welcoming to people who are in the country illegally – and less welcome to rural families who have lived here for generations.
ICE raids South Burlington home
As the wanted car fled, it collided with a vehicle traveling south.
Pit bull kills elderly man
Family members were inside the home at the time of the attack, including the dog’s owner, who was able to stop the attack and secure the animal, police said.
Parents seek accountability after son’s fatal motorcycle crash
The Messenger states that according to a crash report from the State of Vermont, Paradee was traveling north on Duffy Hill Road when a vehicle entering the intersection from Taylor Branch Road allegedly failed to stop and struck the motorcycle.
Drag Queen Story Hour scheduled at elementary school
The DQSH is part of an “identity unit” DEI week at Beeman Elementary School in New Haven.
State trooper hurt in crash
4:34 p.m. on Vermont Route 279.
Walker was operating with his lights and siren activated near the intersection with Kocher Drive when his cruiser was involved in a collision with a second vehicle.
Woman dies weeks after crash on icy road
The driver lost traction on black ice on a curve.
School tuition choice lawsuit, Medicaid fraud, crossover on Hot Off The Press Today
Lots of news to talk about today, Monday March 9, on Hot Off The Press on AM 550, FM 96.1, Wdevradio.com at 11:05 AM. Call us at 802-244-1777.
VTDigger editor leaves – 4th editor in 16 months starts work in June
Anand succeeded interim editor Neal Goswami. His predecessor, Paul Heintz, departed in February, 2025. When Susan Allen starts work in June, she will be the fourth editor-in-chief in 16 months at VTDigger.
Detransition conference invites VT participation
Organizers say the conference is particularly relevant for Vermonters because debates over gender identity policies in schools, health care and government in the Green Mountain State have intensified in recent years.
‘Burtt Amendment’ to vax bill urged
The amendment is expected to be considered when H.545 returns to the House floor, potentially on Tuesday.
Call in at 802-244-1777 at 11:05 to Feedback Friday
The crooks know our seniors are susceptible to fraud.
Blotter: DUI, domestic assaults
State and local police busy with DUI, domestic abuse cases this month.
Rally for veteran charged with domestic terrorism
Millet was charged following comments authorities allege he made during a phone call to the Veterans Crisis Line, the national suicide prevention hotline for military veterans.
Valley: We’re subsidizing Ghost Town schools
Colchester taxpayers are absorbing double-digit tax hikes to heat, plow, and staff half-empty buildings in rural counties that have lost 40% of their students but flat-out refuse to consolidate.
Two towns close schools/ ICE feared at non-citizen voting polls/ Woodstock votes new school
In Burlington, poll workers and an education non-profit kept watch for federal immigration agents during Town Meeting Day voting.
Two men jailed on drug, eluding charges after police chase
Officers reported finding a large amount of cash, a small quantity of crack cocaine and a jar of petroleum jelly inside the vehicle.
Rutland voters rise above write-in chaos, pick Donahue as mayor
Donahue, following a long career in public life in Rutland, notably gained an endorsement from Governor Phil Scott.
Town Meeting: School budget votes mixed, first VT black mayor elected
Meanwhile, residents in Waterbury overwhelmingly approved spending more than $4.3 million on a flood mitigation project aimed at protecting homes, businesses and infrastructure from future disasters.
Readers: I need YOUR help with Town Meeting issue this morning
If you know if your local school budget passed or failed, email results and (if you have them) totals RIGHT NOW to news@vermontdailychronicle.com.
Woman run over by dump truck dies of abdominal trauma
The woman had been brought to Copley Hospital by a friend after suffering significant abdominal trauma.
Mid-Vermont Christian girls Reach hoop semis
Shut out of tourney play because they wouldn’t play against a team with a male player, Mid-Vermont Christian was reinstated after a court settlement and is now vying for the state championship.
BREAKING: Gen. ‘Raisin’ Cain praises Green Mountain Boys role in attack on Iran
In the case of the Vermont Air National Guard and the 15th fighter wing, they were mobilized for Operation Absolute Resolve, and then were tasked to take their F-35As across the Atlantic, instead of going home, in order to be prepared for this operation,” Cain said.
Sales tax on services would net $497 million, state report says
If the Legislature seizes on the JFO report to enact a broadbased sales tax on services, the state’s next budget could hit $10,000,000,000 – its first-ever 11 figure budget.
Campus group founded by activist Mahdawi urges “Death to America” following attack on Iran
CUAD wrote on X: ‘Marg bar Amrika.’ In Persian, the statement means ‘Death to America.’
Vote to close school in Windham County
Small town faces small school closure at Town Meeting.
Delinquent taxes spike town tax rate despite budget cuts
The Town of Cambridge cut municipal spending, but paying taxpayers are still looking at a big tax hike.
Rutland Mayor Election Focus: Tom Donahue, Robert Reynolds talk growth, taxes
Donahue: longtime alderman, endorsed by Gov. Phil Scott. Reynolds: electrician and entrepreneur. Just two of the candidates in the all-write-in election for Rutland mayor.
Gov. Scott will vote no on Town Meeting school budget
“At this point I will be voting no,” Scott said, citing a projected increase of $250/$100,000 of home values.
Suspected drug trafficker, child abuser sought in theft of 20 firearms
Emerson is already wanted on a $25,000 warrant for failure to appear in court on outstanding fentanyl trafficking and child abuse charges.
Wrong-way driver charged with murder
Wooster had been traveling north in the southbound lanes for about 1.5 miles before colliding head-on with a southbound vehicle.
Woman leaves children alone in motel at 1 AM, police say
Troopers determined the children were able to leave the room on their own and were later found in what authorities described as a dangerous situation.
Vermonter (likely!) sought for New Hampshire Girl Scout cookie swipe
LPD did not identify the state where the suspect resides, but Vermont is a non-New Hampshire state in the vicinity of the Walmart in West Lebanon.
Saturday night shooting Ziz connection? Feds checking it out
U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan said authorities are reviewing Daly’s possible ideology and any links to the Zizians, two of whose alleged members face charges in a fatal Vermont highway shooting last year.
Castleton WWII veteran braved Japanese machine guns at Battle of Luzon, Trump tells SOTU audience
It took a speech made by the Commander in Chief to an estimated 40 million people for VDC to learn how George “Buddy” Taggert earned his Purple Heart – and Bronze Star.
Video: road rager forces car off I-89 ramp
A vehicle, believed to be a dark-colored Audi SUV with a roof rack, sideswiped another vehicle and forced it off the roadway.
Vermonter busted for kiddie sex abuse materials
Suspected online sexual exploitation of a minor connected to the MeetMe app.
Man charged with domestic terror after mass casualty threat
Authorities said that after being taken into custody, Millett allegedly continued making statements similar in nature to those reported by the crisis line, including references to a potential mass casualty event.
Fire chiefs need more volunteers
To help recruit and retain members, many volunteer departments now provide a minimum-wage stipend for time spent responding to calls.
Man arrested for sex assault on 9-year-old
Sheldon has been charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, and lewd and lascivious conduct with a child.
Domestic assault, DUI arrests around VT
Vermont State Police reported multiple domestic assault and DUI arrests across the state in recent days.
First VT TPUSA high school club kicks off Friday night
Undeterred, the two freshmen worked with TPUSA to start a club outside of the high school. It met for the first time Friday night in Barre at the Canadian Club – or as Seth calls it, “the 51st State Club.”
Baruth won’t seek re-election
Known for gun-control legislation.
Breaking:Victim advocate for state charged with having sex with victim
State Police investigation showed Jackson-Miller used his position of power to have sexual relations with a victim of a crime that he was supposedly advocating for in court.
Senator proposes school choice within one statewide school district
The parental choice mechanism would be Vermont Education Accounts for every student age 5-18. Parents could allocate funds to any qualifying school.
Judge ends Mahdawi deportation case, DHS vows to continue
According to Fox News and other media reports, a federal immigration judge, Nina Froes, terminated the government’s deportation case against Mahdawi on procedural grounds, finding that federal attorneys failed to properly authenticate a key piece of evidence they submitted in the proceedings.
Shooting victim poured gasoline around his house, murder suspect claims
February 8 shooting lands in court yesterday.
Police warn about porch pirates
Police say thieves often follow delivery trucks or target homes where packages are left unattended for long periods.
Walmart flasher sought
A female employee reported that a male customer allegedly exposed himself in one of the aisles before leaving the store.
Anti-ICE bills slide thru Senate, face tougher sledding in House
Both bills now move over to the Vermont House and the lower-chamber’s Judiciary Committee, which at present is split 5-5 Democrat/Republican.
Hitman arrested on warrant
Suspects in Willoughby Lake Store burglary arrested.
Shooting, snowmobile crash deaths reported
Police say the shooting stemmed from a domestic dispute involving people who knew each other.
Democrat goat farmer launches Senate campaign
Sessions is the daughter of federal court judge William Sessions.
Tax committee chair nixes Trump private school scholarship credit
Beginning in 2027, any individual can contribute up to $1,700 per year to a “Scholarship Granting Organization” (SGO) and receive a dollar-for-dollar federal tax credit.
‘Alligator mouth’ school spending gobbles property tax, hungers for more
The State of Vermont wants bigger school districts. But legislators report widespread public resistance.
Bill relieves domestic abuse victims of coerced debt
Bill to include current use in land conservation goals may get hearing in House Environment Committee.
Man tries to talk child into car
The individual insisted on giving the student a ride to school and directed the student to get into their vehicle.
Two men charged in connection with juvenile sex assault
Both men were cited for sexual assault and released.
Inventor Dean Kamen recuses himself from Beta Technologies over Epstein Files
There are 702 entries in the DOJ Epstein files when ‘Dean Kamen’ is searched.
Hancock shooting victim identified
According to WCAX, family members said Howard Doyle came to the home of his son’s girlfriend on Sunday to help smooth over tensions.
Donoghue: Why are Vermont police hiding a kidnapping and extortion case?
Why is the department keeping Springfield taxpayers in the dark about such a dangerous and serious case?
Update: Williston anti-ICE trespass arrestees identified
Troopers repeatedly warned the demonstrators that they were trespassing and issued a dispersal order. When the group continued to occupy the building’s atrium, police began making arrests.
Stranded young hikers rescued on frigid night on Camel’s Hump
Rescuers reached the hikers at about 11:20 p.m. and found both suffering from hypothermia.
Suspicious death reported/ busy DUI weekend
A juvenile passenger in the Dodge and a 66-year-old passenger in the Cadillac were airlifted to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center with severe injuries.
Anti-ICE action widespread in Vermont
“As I understand it, a hotel employee quickly alerted a neighbor, triggering a town-wide phone tree. By midday, residents at risk had relocated to pre-established safe houses, and procedures were in place to meet children near their schools.”
Former teacher charged in student sexual assault
The student was 14 when the sexual assaults began.
Leaking dog repellent triggers hazmat response
The driver of the delivery truck, which was parked outside the post office, was treated and released after reporting moderate ill effects from exposure to an unknown liquid.
Rodgers backs new nuclear, ‘open’ to property tax freeze
“I’m certainly open to any kind of property tax freeze,” Rodgers said.
Crash victim’s mother tells judge driver’s sentence isn’t justice
Prosecutors said the quick resolution was driven by concerns that Dudas, because of his age, could have sought youthful offender status, potentially moving the case to family court.
21-year-old man found dead following crash in Pittsford
Adams was found unresponsive inside the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Ice skaters rescued after ice breaks on Lake Champlain
Vermont State Police and multiple partner agencies established an incident command post at the beach and launched a coordinated ice rescue operation.
BREAKING: Drescher approved as Supreme Court Justice as Lt. Gov. casts tiebreaker
Several Democrat senators said the Trump administration’s immigration policy is so harmful that Vermont should signal its opposition by rejecting the nomination of the prosecutor who argued the DOJ position in last year’s civil detention lawsuits of two anti-Israel activists.
