Liam Elder Connors

Feb 21, 2025 | vermontpublic.org | Liam Elder Connors

The University of Vermont Health Network announced Friday that it will continue to run three dialysis clinics around the state after regulators voted to raise the system’s revenue cap. The health network planned to stop operating dialysis clinics in Newport, Rutland and St. Albans as part of a series of sweeping service cuts made in response to budget orders from the Green Mountain Care Board, which oversees hospitals in Vermont.

Feb 13, 2025 | vermontpublic.org | Liam Elder Connors

A lawsuit filed in federal court on Tuesday accuses a Burlington police officer of using excessive force when he threw a man onto the ground and allegedly broke his wrist last summer. The incident occurred on Aug. 11, when officer Cory Campbell responded to reports that there was a group of people on St. Paul Street engaged in “violent, tumultuous, threatening behavior,” according to a summary released with body camera footage of the incident.

Feb 10, 2025 | vermontpublic.org | Liam Elder-Connors |Liam Elder Connors

A 71-year-old man accused of fatally shooting his wife more than 30 years ago in Morrisville died last week. Carroll Peters, of Hyde Park, was indicted by a grand jury in September on a charge of first-degree murder, and had been released from prison on $200,000 bail while the case was pending. Police say Peters shot and killed his wife Cheryl Peters in 1993. Peters died early Thursday morning from respiratory failure due to pneumonia, according to his death certificate.

Feb 6, 2025 | vermontpublic.org | Liam Elder Connors

My decade-long career as a journalist has been driven by a desire to tell human stories — not just the happy ones, but the stories of complicated people, and those who are frequently overlooked or disregarded by society and the media. Writing about poverty and the criminal justice system seemed like the right beat for me. The stories are often grim. Hopelessness and violence are frequent themes.

Feb 5, 2025 | vermontpublic.org | Liam Elder-Connors |Liam Elder Connors

This story was reported by Vermont Public and Seven Days. You can find a print version on newsstands through February 12. Social workers Sarah Russell and Taylor Thibault stepped off the compact bus and set out on foot through downtown Burlington, searching for the homeless who hunkered in the folds of otherwise deserted streets. A subzero windchill had pushed most city residents inside as midnight approached on January 21, one of the coldest nights this winter.