Bennington News

Chances are thatTracy Greene, Magalis Filson and Dick Frantz are not well known within the Bennington Community.

A car accident this summer that killed a pregnant woman's unborn twins could lead to new legislation for protecting the unborn.

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.

The chairman of the Vermont Senate Judiciary Committee says he's drafting a bill that would criminalize the untimely deaths of fetuses.

On Tuesday at about 5:30 p.m., Bennington Police responded to a single-vehicle crash on Ore Bed Road in which a car struck a utility pole.

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 man was sentenced Monday to serve four months in prison after pleading guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.

As more than 1,400 Vermont guard soldiers prepare for their mission in Afghanistan, a Bennington company is working to keep them safe.

Police stand by the wreckage of a small plane that crashed on Whipstock Hill in Bennington on Sunday evening.

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.

The Federal Aviation Administration says the pilot of a small plane was killed when his aircraft hit a mountain near Bennington.

Emergency crews will resume their search at 7 a.m. this morning for the wreckage of a plane crash in southern Vermont.

It was a dark and stormy night, which made it the perfect time to dance like a zombie during the Thrill Bennington event at Mount Anthony Union High School on Saturday night.

Emergency personnel responded at about 7:20 p.m. Sunday to numerous 911 calls reporting an airplane crash somewhere near the William H. Morse State Airport on the west side of town.

Thrill Bennington, the local event tied to the "Thrill the World" event, will be relocating indoors tonight because of concerns about rain.

Bennington artist and cancer survivor Viola Moriarty, whose exhibit "Ex Voto Suscepto" at the Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center opened to wide acclaim earlier this year, has offered selected works to be displayed at Southern Vermont College's Burgdorff Gallery in the Everett Mansion starting Monday, Oct.