Chittenden County will get a special prosecutor to focus on court backlogs and repeat offenders, Gov. Phil Scott announced ...

The announcement comes about a month after Scott declared he had a plan to address public safety concerns in Burlington.

Zach Weight, a deputy state’s attorney, will try cases in Chittenden County’s new community accountability court. During a spike in criminal cases, experts point to need for housing and mental health ...

Governor Phil Scott was in Fairlee, Wednesday to announce a statewide, multi-million-dollar improvement project, called the ...

Former federal prosecutor Colin Owyang — who helped send al-Qaida "shoe-bomber" Richard Reid and Boston mobster Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi to prison for life — was appointed as a Vermont Superior ...