Rutland News

RUTLAND - A 20-year-old Rutland man is going to jail for nine months after being convicted of careless and negligent driving charges stemming from a crash that killed a friend.

Jeremy Kelley, 27, was arrested and charged with the illegal distribution of prescription pain medications after selling Oxycontin to undercover investigators, police said.

Little remained of the Putney General Store on Monday after a fire broke out the night before.

Capt. Bill W. Godair, Ph.D., assumed command Oct. 29 of the U.S. Civil Air Patrol's Rutland Composite Squadron based at the Rutland Southern Vermont Regional Airport.

A Rutland High School history teacher was named Bibb County school system's 2010 teacher of the year Monday, earning $1,500 and the chance to represent Bibb's teachers.

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.

With the economic downturn affecting all of us in so many ways a common weekend activity with family and friends is no longer an option in the Rutland community.

Burlington, Vergennes and Randolph Union high schools and the College of St. Joseph in Rutland have been confirmed as the four sites for the boys and girls state soccer championships, the Vermont Principals' Association said Sunday.

Thousands came for the costumed bands, the illuminated floats, the sweets and screams flying through the air.

Franklin County State's Attorney Jim Hughes said his office won't seek criminal charges in the death of 23-year-old Ashley Ellis, who died after she was denied medication in the Swanton jail.

Rutland Plywood laid off 12 workers Wednesday, amounting to 14 percent of its work force, coping with a continuing decline in sales that mirrors the national economic downturn.

The town claims its Select Board had full authority to ban a reputed hallucinogen in 2007.

Rutland Fire Chief Robert Schlachter is used to wearing a lot of hats. Over the years, the fire chief has also served as the city's Emergency Management director, chairman of the Local Emergency Planning Committee, president of Rutland County Mutual Aid and has served as a training coordinator for hazardous materials and homeland security issues at ...

A chimney fire spread into a wall and damaged a Forest Street house Friday night.

Rutland landlord James Theodore, doing business as JTT Properties, will pay $14,000 in civil penalties for the filing of false lead paint compliance documents for five Rutland properties and will spend at least $7,500.00 in lead hazard reduction improvements at the properties he owns as a part of a settlement with the Attorney General's office.

A retired Rutland judge will try to help an embattled East Barre chicken farmer mend fences with officials in her town during a court-ordered mediation session next week.

Two speakers said wind towers need to be a safe distance from homes and another said they do not need to be in Vermont during a forum Thursday.

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Three Rutland bars have been granted extra time by the state to come into compliance with heightened fire sprinkler system requirements that were three years in the making.

Police believe an early-morning fire in an apartment building in Rutland was arson.