A fisherman has died after his Thursday fall through the ice on Lake Champlain, police say.

A large fight between spectators of an Alburgh-St. Albans boys middle school game led to the death of one participant.

Casella recycling center workers in Hartford found a local woman’s corpse yesterday.

A man known to police and possessing firearms assaulted a woman and then barricaded himself in their home.

One police officer tased 17-year-old Mischa Fay as he threatened others with a knife, but another shot him in the chest.

Criminal and civil action collections and asset forfeiture swept more than $2 million into federal coffers and then disbursed to victims, victims’ organizations, and law enforcement.

Police will be patrolling through January 1 watching for drunk drivers.

Three Vermonters in their 70’s died earlier this week in separate fire and car crash incidents.

A propane torch being used to thaw manure led to a smoldering fire that destroyed a Grand Isle barn.

The bodies of a man and a woman in their 70’s were discovered as firefighters sought to battle a fire at a home in Bethel.

An as-yet unidentified woman died yesterday after her car struck a guardrail and an oncoming vehicle.

A man serving a 40 years-to-life sentence for repeated sexual assault on a child under age 10 died in the state prison in Springfield this morning.

A street infamous for drug addiction, crime and shootings is being raided by several police agencies today.

11-year-old Silas Baustert of Essex died when the SUV he was riding in struck a rocky ledge on I-89.

A child passenger died after a Chevy Suburban drifted off the passing lane shoulder into rock ledges.

Investigators found the body of a dead man in the burnt debris of a Newfane home.

Woodstoves and their ashes can be fire hazards.

No seatbelt. Truck drifts off road. Driver dead. And a New York man was cited for traveling 51 MPH over the speed limit.

Rte. 105 has become the scene of at least 10 highway fatalities since January 2021.

A trio of two-week old puppies have been missing since Wednesday.

Not wearing a seatbelt or helmet, a 19-year-old died after her ATV crashed in Sheffield.

A pedestrian on Rte. 7 in Rutland and a pickup truck passenger in Lowell were both victims of fatal accidents this weekend.

For the second time in three days, a Vermont police officer on Monday shot someone in the line of duty.

A 17-year-old life is over following a Franklin County crash. The victim was not wearing his seat belt.

Three teenaged drivers survived scary moments and/or bad judgement this weekend. Lessons learned. We hope.

An individual has been detained as a ‘person of interest’ in connection with the discovery of a woman’s body last night in the Windham County town of Wardsboro.

A Newport man died of injuries sustained in a July 3 motorcycle accident in Derby.

Beginning today, state and federal law enforcement will be training Vermonters around the state how to survive an active shooter threat.

This morning, the body of a 22-year-old New York man was recovered from the Green River Reservoir in Hyde Park.

A 52-year-old woman died in a house fire in Marlboro, despite efforts by a family member to save her.

Alleged wrongdoing by state troopers included excessive use of force, possession of fraudulent Covid-19 cards, negligent use of firearms, and sexual harrassment.

Brakes failed on a UPS truck, causing a fiery collision.

A Derby man became the sixth motorcylist to die on Vermont highways this year.

Two people died in separate accidents in eastern Vermont, and trucker from Dallas drove the wrong way on I-91 in Coventry.

Soon after being struck by a bean-bag round fired by a state trooper, a crazy-acting man fell from a roof 15 feet to the ground.

A Bennington man died after a two-car crash outside a hospital.

Before you wave a pistol at someone while driving 100 MPH, make sure it’s not a state trooper in an unmarked police car.

A young child was hospitalized following an I-89 rollover accident that ejected her and three other people from a pickup truck.

As of May 16, there have been 24 crash fatalities on Vermont’s roads in 2022 – a 33% increase over last year.

The following Vermont State Police reports were edited and published by the Newport Dispatch. A man died after trying to fight a wildland fire in Rochester Thursday May 12.  Authorities were notified […]

In separate crashes, a pair of Harley Davidson riders died on Franklin County VT roads this weekend.

Excessive speeding and an apparent death by suicide in a St. Johnsbury prison lead the police news today.

The body found in a Cambridge fire last week has been identified.