Crime

Brattleboro representative town meeting members voted down a new ordinance that gave the police authority to issue civil fines to control anti-social behavior downtown.

The olive green dinosaur measures about 5 feet long, and its large, toothy grin has been a fixture on Minister Brook Road in Worcester for two decades. Vermont State Police are investigating the case.

Supporters say the bill tackles an important issue for people who are concerned about crime in Vermont. Others say it would result in more people becoming incarcerated in the state.

Kentucky State Penitentiary found 72-year-old Gary Schaefer experiencing a severe medical event on Sunday.

The former Massachusetts pizzeria owner filed fraudulent applications for the Paycheck Protection Program, prosecutors say.

The humanitarian group El Roi Haiti said Alix Dorsainvil and her child were taken from the organization's campus near Port-au-Prince.

Host Mikaela Lefrak speaks with Brattleboro town leaders about the root causes of recent security concerns downtown and proposed solutions.

A worker at a Brattleboro homeless shelter was killed, and the woman charged with her murder was staying at the shelter. The service agency that runs the shelter shut down all its operations, and volunteers have stepped in to continue services.

Nationally, the number of hate crimes reported by the FBI increased from 8,120 in 2020 to 9,065 in 2021.

Last week, with little fanfare, a historic, livestreamed debate took place between a team of students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a team of residents from the Maine Department of Corrections.