Police now believe Bill and Lorraine Currier were abducted and killed at an abandoned farmhouse in Essex.

The Essex Select Board has approved funds to pay for advanced DNA testing in an ongoing investigation into the disappearance of a local couple. William and Lorraine Currier have been missing since last month.

More than two weeks after Bill and Lorraine Currier went missing, Vermont police say the chances of finding the Essex couple alive are dwindling.

An Essex police officer accused of animal cruelty in the death of his neighbor's dog has pleaded not guilty.