Newscast: Wednesday, August 15, 2012, 7:34 a.m.

Eleven months after it was established to help individuals recovering from last August’s flooding, Vermont’s Long Term Disaster Recovery Group says it’s far short of its fundraising goal. Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos is talking about transparency in government. A federal jury has convicted a Mennonite pastor from Virginia of helping a woman flee the country with her child, rather than share custody of the girl with her former same-sex partner from Vermont. High-speed Internet is coming to a group of rural Vermont communities, thanks to investments made by a community-owned service provider.