Video: Google is tracking your phone even when disconnected from phone networks and internet

Tech reporter Brett Larson investigates Google's tracking capabilities, they follow your every move. If you go on the internet and use a smartphone daily, Google has probably amassed a vast storehouse of data on you. You can actually download a complete copy from them on request at no charge.

USDA again suspends slaughter operation at Vermont Packinghouse

Federal regulators temporarily shut down the animal slaughter operation at Vermont Packinghouse in North Springfield on Monday, according to a statement from the facility.

Reuters investigation finds elevated lead levels in several Vermont communities

Nearly 15 percent of Springfield children tested between 2005 to 2015 had high levels of lead in their blood.

Vermont Packinghouse suspended multiple times by USDA for humane slaughter violations

Concerned for the welfare of the animals slaughtered at the Vermont Packinghouse in North Springfield, the Animal Welfare Institute issued a letter this week to the USDA, encouraging the agency to withdraw the plant’s grant of inspection.

House asks federal government to audit VTel wireless project

Fifty-one lawmakers are calling on federal regulators to conduct an audit of a $116 million telecommunications project that started in 2010.

Cruelty probe at Chester animal shelter

Chester Police Chief Rick Cloud said Friday his department is investigating allegations of animal cruelty at Webster's House, a no-kill animal shelter in Chester.

Springfield Hospital's CMS certification endangered by violations

Springfield Hospital could lose its ability to participate in Medicare and Medicaid because of incidents in which health care professionals violated patients’ rights, according to an investigation.
Related story: Windham Center Under Fire

The case of the missing letters

The Springfield sign that was recently erected on the hill across from 100 River Street has been vandalized.

3 car thefts and 2 stolen vehicles in two weeks

Springfield Police are advising residents to lock their cars after a string of recent car break-ins and thefts.

Police close to finding suspect who solicited 12-year-old

Springfield Police are close to identifying the suspect who allegedly solicited a 12-year-old girl on Monday near the Springfield Health Center on River Street.

Report: Springfield school district violated civil rights

The Springfield school district was ordered to pay nearly $3,000 in counseling services after an African-American sixth-grader was threatened by a teacher’s aide who also used a racial epithet.

New research surfaces on famed Cavendish accident

New research on one of history’s most intriguing medical oddities has rekindled interest in the curious case of Phineas P. Gage.

Video: Miller Arts Center ghost investigation

Champlain Valley Ghost Hunters final reveal of the investigation at the Miller Arts Center in Springfield, VT. While they found some strange things overall it was a very quiet investigation. Video is 17 minutes long.

Child predator protection in Springfield?

A pro-life group in Texas found certain social agencies fail to report sexual exploitation of young girls by adult men and the phone call recordings just released include one to Springfield Planned Parenthood.