A Shaftsbury man pleaded guilty Friday to shooting his former brother-in-law to death and to molesting children -- charges that would likely result in him serving 30 years to life in prison.
Almost three years after he entered into a plea arrangement that set off a national controversy, Andrew C. James, a convicted sex offender, may be facing real jail time within the next month.
The town's Planning Commission was named "Citizen Board of the Year" at the Vermont Planners Association's fall conference, earning its members praise from the Select Board.
A case of alleged home improvement fraud that went to jury trial in Windham District Court Tuesday through Thursday was declared a mistrial Friday morning after one of the jurors became ill.
Lawyers say a plea deal is near for a North Bennington man charged with shooting to death his former brother-in-law two years in front of the victim's children.
A New Jersey trucker who was involved in a Route 9 crash that took the lives of three people in April 2008 pleaded guilty Tuesday in Bennington District Court to gross negligent operation of a vehicle with resulting fatality.
A Bennington town police officer says he's going to run for Bennington County sheriff next year while serving in Afghanistan with the Vermont National Guard.