Franklin County

There’s been a spate of controversies and alleged misconduct among Vermont county sheriffs in the past year. Lawmakers are considering measures to add oversight to the state's 14 independently-elected law enforcement officials.

The incoming Franklin County Sheriff, who has been charged with assault for kicking a handcuffed man, is facing another criminal inquiry, according to Vermont State Police.

A former Franklin County deputy sheriff who is currently facing an assault charge for allegedly kicking a handcuffed man is set to become the new sheriff of Franklin County.

The only Franklin County sheriff candidate whose name is on the ballot pleaded not guilty on Monday to assaulting a handcuffed man. Both parties have asked him to withdraw and endorsed a write-in candidate.

Vermont's Department of Health recently concluded an investigation into a cluster of cases of Legionnaires' disease in and around St. Albans in Franklin County.The state confirmed five cases, including one that resulted in death.

Democratic and Republican officials in Franklin County are close to endorsing a write-in candidate for sheriff to challenge the current candidate, who faces a criminal investigation over allegations of excessive force.

Georgia, Vermont, has long shared zip codes with neighboring towns and municipalities. During the pandemic, this has meant that the town's COVID-19 positive case counts skew much lower than is reality.

What do you do when a place that once held your community together no longer does? Do you hold onto it, or do you let go? A man in the town of West Enosburg recently had to answer this question.

John Cleaveland is a landscape artist who paints in, and regularly visits, the Enosburg Falls area. His work is hanging in the Quincy Hotel there.

After 17 months of being closed to all but essential travelers, today marked the first day Americans could once again drive into Canada.