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ALBANY, N.Y. (WRGB) — Avelo Airlines is set to end its participation in the Department of Homeland Security's charter program by the end of January, following eight months of involvement in Project Homecoming, a voluntary deportation flight initiative. The decision comes amid nationwide backlash, including in the...

A Watervliet man is heading to prison for his involvement in the 2022 burglary of a Washington County gun store. NewsChannel 13 reported in September that Kwahpreme Mitchell admitted to taking some stolen guns from the men who broke into Calamity Jane’s Firearms in October 2022.

Northway Traffic Disrupted After Tractor-Trailer Rollover. A tractor-trailer rollover on the northbound lanes of the Northway (I-87) near Exit 13N and Route 9 in Saratoga Springs is causing major traffic delays today. According to 511, the crash occurred at 4:59 a.m. on January 9, 2026, and as of 12pm, the overturned...

The arrests followed a public appeal from the Colonie Police Department asking residents to report suspicious activity amid an increase in larcenies from parked vehicles, the agency said. Residents provided surveillance footage and live updates that directly led to the arrests of three unrelated suspects over the...

The Albany County District Attorney's Office announced that Hector Gomez of Schenectady was sentenced on Friday to 10 years in state prison for brandishing a loaded gun in an Albany bar in early 2025.

Local officials and residents are expressing their outrage about the deadly shooting in Minneapolis of a civilian by an ICE officer. Protestors gathered on Thursday afternoon in front of the federal courthouse in Albany.

The officer who fired two shots at a car at the University at Albany did not break any rules and is back on the job, UAlbany police said.

The man who previously pleaded guilty to criminal negligent homicide in connection with a fatal dog attack in Albany in 2024 was sentenced to prison Friday in Albany County Court. Omar Daniels will spend the next 2-4 years in state prison. That will run consecutively to the nine years he's...

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EAST GREENBUSH, NY — Two Albany women were arrested on multiple drug charges following a traffic stop on Interstate 90. Brittany A. Alescio, 33, of Albany, was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, four counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in...