Liam Elder-Connors
Interim News EditorLiam is 开云体育鈥檚 public safety reporter, focusing on law enforcement, courts and the prison system.
Liam has worked at 开云体育 since 2015 and has reported several special projects, including an investigation into one of the state's prominent landlords and a series of remembrances of Vermonters killed by COVID-19. In 2018, he reported and co-hosted JOLTED, a five-part podcast about an averted school shooting and was a finalist for the Livingston Award for his work on that project.
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Christine Farrell, who died this year at the age of 72, had one of the only complete collections of everything published by DC Comics. Nearly 500 of the rarest comics in her collection were sold at auction last weekend. -
Vermont鈥檚 largest city has tasked its board of health, a five-member citizen advisory group, with examining ways to improve the local needle exchange program. The public health measure is meant to prevent the spread of disease and infection among people who use injection drugs. -
The Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation has ordered all fire wardens to stop issuing burn permits until Nov. 11. Dry weather, high winds and an abundance of dry leaves are factors that have increased the risk of wildfires throughout the state. -
Last year, there were 720 new homes built in Chittenden County with 125 affordable units. Both numbers were below targets set by nonprofit housing developers. -
State regulators tasked with overseeing residential care homes and assisted living facilities now carry out annual inspections, have closed all unfinished reports, and made other improvements in the past year, according to the state auditor鈥檚 office. -
Christine Farrell, who owned Burlington鈥檚 Earth Prime Comics, is believed to be the first person to have a complete collection of everything published by DC Comics. Her collection starts in 1935 and includes the first appearances of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, as well as more obscure comics. -
The new walk-in clinic for people experiencing a mental health crisis will open on Oct. 28. Social service providers hope it will reduce pressure on hospital emergency departments. -
Vermont was one of at least 15 states 鈥� including Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island 鈥� to receive suspicious packages in mid-September. Local election officials here will have access to overdose-reversing medication while opening election mail. -
Grand Isle County State鈥檚 Attorney Doug DiSabito is dismissing the simple assault charge against Franklin County Sheriff John Grismore that's been pending for nearly two years. The move came a week after a second jury failed to reach a verdict in the case. -
Brian Crossman Jr., 22, is accused of killing his father, stepmother and stepbrother in a shooting last month. He鈥檚 been charged with three counts of aggravated murder, and faces a mandatory life sentence with no possibility of parole if convicted.