Albany NY

National Grid has announced that its customers in Albany should expect increased heating bills this winter. Natural gas users will see an average monthly increase of $13, bringing the typical bill to about $145 from November to March. The rise is due to a recent utility rate hike and the increasing cost of natural...

COLONIE, N.Y. (WRGB) — It’s a fresh start for a Colonie business leveled in a gas explosion just over a year ago. A ribbon-cutting was held Thursday at the newly rebuilt Pad Thai Noodle restaurant on Everett Road. Albany County Executive Dan McCoy was there to help celebrate.

An Albany man is accused of firing a gun at a large group of people in Gloversville. Police said officers responded to a residence on Sixth Avenue between Helwig Street and Kingsboro Avenue around 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday for a report of a domestic incident.

Erica Franolich returned to NY to get her baby back in 1986 and was never seen or heard from again. NYSP are hoping the public can help them solve this 39-year-old cold case.

A friend and relative are mourning two people whose lives were cut short in a crash Sunday on I-787. Jamilla Tirado, 27, and her 25-year-old boyfriend Cepelynn Johnson tragically died while they were getting a ride from a friend who police said was driving drunk.

An Albany man is facing 15 years in prison after admitting to climbing into the window of a woman’s apartment and forcing her to perform a sex act. Lamont Evans pleaded guilty in Albany County Court on Thursday to first-degree rape.

After a 16-day trial, a Schenectady County jury has found Persia Nelson guilty of killing her 10-month-old daughter in March 2024.

In September 1964, 50-year-old Catherine Bik Blackburn was sexually assaulted and murdered in her home on Colonie Street in Albany, New York. Several law enforcement agencies responded, including the Albany Police Department, and a homicide investigation was opened. Investigators collected a significant amount of...

COLONIE, N.Y. (WNYT) – NewsChannel 13 has been featuring some of the Capital Region’s spookiest spots all month long, and this morning, reporter Tamara Starr took viewers to a home in Colonie that’s all decked out for Halloween. From eerie lights and fog to ghosts that greet visitors at the door, the homeowners have...

BALLSTON, N.Y. (WNYT) – Police said a Ballston man tried to attack a person with a knife at a gas station. Deputies responded to a disturbance call around 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday at the Mobile on Route 50 in the town of Ballston. Ahmad A. Mohammad, 32, tried to hurt another person with a knife, the Saratoga County...