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A Vermont police sergeant is charged with aggravated assault in a shooting
A Vermont police sergeant was charged Friday with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and reckless endangerment in connection with a shooting last year that injured two men during a vehicle investigation. Rutland City Police Sgt. Andrew Plemmons fired into a vehicle as the...
Casella: Q3 Earnings Snapshot
RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — Casella Waste Systems Inc. (CWST) on Wednesday reported third-quarter net income of $5.8 million. The Rutland, Vermont-based company said it had net income of 10 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 27...
Philippine police arrest suspects in the kidnapping of an American
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine police said Wednesday they arrested three suspects in the kidnapping of an American in the country’s south and believe the victim, who was shot in the leg during the abduction, is still alive. Two of the suspects in the Oct. 17 kidnapping of...
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Vermont on Election Day
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vermont voters will cast ballots for a full slate of federal and state offices in the Nov. 5 general election, including the president, a U.S. senator, the governor and seats in the state Legislature. Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former...
Biden says global leaders are terrified of Trump and quietly tell him, 'He can't win'
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — President Joe Biden tore into his predecessor on Tuesday, suggesting that global leaders are terrified of what Donald Trump 's return to the White House could do to democratic rule around the world. “Every international meeting I attend,” Biden said,...
An American was reportedly kidnapped from a southern Philippine town and a search is underway
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine police said Friday it has launched a search after gunmen reportedly abducted an American national, who was shot in the leg as he tried to resist before being spirited away from a southern Philippine coastal town by speedboat. If confirmed...
Union Bankshares: Q3 Earnings Snapshot
MORRISVILLE, Vt. (AP) — MORRISVILLE, Vt. (AP) — Union Bankshares Inc. (UNB) on Wednesday reported net income of $1.3 million in its third quarter. The bank, based in Morrisville, Vermont, said it had earnings of 29 cents per share. _____ This story...
Prosecutor drops an assault charge against a Vermont sheriff after two mistrials
NORTH HERO, Vt. (AP) — A simple assault charge has been dropped against a Vermont sheriff accused of kicking a shackled detainee twice in the groin after two mistrials in the case, prosecutors said Monday. A judge declared a second mistrial on Oct. 7 in the case of Franklin County...
Woman pleads guilty to trying to smuggle 29 turtles across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A woman from China pleaded guilty on Friday to attempting to smuggle 29 eastern box turtles, a protected species, across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak. Wan Yee Ng, 41, was arrested on the morning of June 28 at an Airbnb in Canaan as she was about to get...
NTSB report says student pilot, instructor and 2 passengers killed in Sept. 8 plane crash in Vermont
FERRISBURGH, Vt. (AP) — The small plane that crashed in Vermont near an airport in Ferrisburgh in early September was on an instructional flight when it went down, killing the student pilot, the instructor and two passengers, according to a preliminary report released Wednesday National...
