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Two people wanted in connection with a homicide in Rutland, Vermont, were arrested in New Hampshire early Wednesday morning after crashing their car and breaking into a local post office. New Hampshire State Police said they received a call shortly before 2 a.m. for a report of a car that had driven off the road in the area of 273…

The Rutland Police Department is investigating a suspicious death in an apartment building, officials said Sunday. The investigation began early Sunday but police declined to disclose further details about the death. Police said there was no risk to the public. Police said more information would be released later. Vermont State Police were assisting in the investigation.

What appears to be a World World II-era Japanese hand grenade was found in a basement in Vermont this weekend, prompting a response from the Vermont State Police Bomb Squad. State police said the person who found the grenade was cleaning out a basement and called it in just before noon. That person had moved it into the backyard of…

A Vermont man died late Wednesday night when his truck left the roadway and collided with a utility pole in the town of Rutland, state police announced. Vermont State Police troopers responded to the single-vehicle crash on East Pittsford Road just before 9 p.m. and found the truck driver badly injured. He was taken by ambulance to Rutland Regional Medical…

A Vermont woman who was nearly killed in an explosion during a family vacation in the Bahamas is out with a brand-new memoir — which is launching next week with a party in Rutland. The book, titled “Without Any Warning: Casualties of a Caribbean Vacation,” traces the long journey of Stefanie Schaffer and all she has learned through facing adversity…

Stefanie Schaffer is releasing a memoir titled “Without Any Warning: Casualties of a Caribbean Vacation.”

A beloved Halloween tradition is returning this weekend to Rutland, Vermont, after it had to take 2020 off because of the COVID-19 pandemic. “We’re going as big as we can pull together,” said Rutland business owner Ed Larson, who is participating in Saturday evening’s Halloween parade. “A lot of folks look forward to it all year.” Some years, Rutland...

Rutland’s Halloween parade became nationally famous in the pages of well-known comic books.

A woman who survived an explosion that made international headlines is now issuing an impassioned plea to people everywhere to donate blood — a gift she said saved her life. “All that I could do was desperately fight to stay alive,” Stefanie Schaffer said of the moments following an explosion that nearly killed her. Schaffer is the Vermont dancer who…

A woman who survived an explosion in the Bahamas is asking people everywhere to help improve and even save lives like hers.

Vermont native Stefanie Schaffer, 25, spoke Tuesday at Rutland’s Paramount Theatre about her long recovery after losing her legs — and nearly her life — in a boat explosion in the Bahamas in October 2018. Schaffer spoke of how blood donations kept her alive and urged people to give blood to help alleviate what American Red Cross has described a...

Federal authorities found evidence of potential human trafficking in Rutland, Vermont during a raid Friday prompted by suspected drug activity. Vermont State Police said they and a special team from Homeland Security discovered people might have been held captive inside a home on Maple Street. “It surprised me, big time,” neighbor Tobey Fuller told NBC affiliate WPTZ Friday — he…

In Vermont, three women were found padlocked in a room, and federal authorities are investigating whether they were trafficked.

A group dedicated to building community in Rutland, Vermont, unveiled the latest addition to its downtown sculpture trail Wednesday, reflecting a key goal of its ongoing project: showcasing diversity and gender equity when it comes to representations of local history. “I could not believe how few images were of women,” said Carol Driscoll of the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center…

The Rutland Sculpture Trail said its latest piece reflects how it wants to honor contributions of women in local history

Vermont State Police identified Thursday the Florida man who was killed by a Rutland City Police officer inside a McDonald’s restaurant. An autopsy determined that Jonathan Daniel Mansilla, 33, of Miami, died Wednesday of gunshot wounds to the chest. The officer who fired the shots was identified as Rutland City Police Cpl. Christopher Rose, a five-year veteran of the department….

The Norman Rockwell Museum of Vermont is planning to close its doors before the end of the year. The museum reopened after being closed for several months because of the pandemic. The Rutland Herald reports that business has been slow since the decline in tourism and travel during the past year. The co-owner Colleen Schreiber said they are trying to…

The Vermont city of Rutland is planning a “Parade of Heroes” and a number of other activities to mark the easing of the COVID-19 pandemic. In their first in-person meeting since March 2020, the Board of Alderman on Monday approved the parade for Aug. 28. The board also approved two events in September, and a whoopie-pie festival in October. “Back,…

Ahead of June’s LGBTQ+ Pride Month, community members in Rutland, Vermont, are sending a message that all are welcome in their city. “I think it’s going to make Rutland a better place,” predicted Karly Haven of the nonprofit group Queer Connect Rutland, which is one of the grassroots organizations working to create a Pride celebration for June in Rutland....

Leaders in Rutland, Vermont, are getting ready for a new series of Pride Month events.