Newscast: March 16, 2012, 12:04 p.m.

Drivers all across the region are dealing with the rising cost of gasoline and diesel. Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell and 14 elected state’s attorneys are differing on how to spend $200,000 allocated for handling child pornography cases. A lawyer for a woman accused of hitting a pedestrian with her car while texting is seeking to have the case dismissed.