Albany NY

An Upstate New York jewel was recently nominated by USA Today in its annual survey of the country's Top Ten Small College Towns. While it's an honor to be nominated, USA Today will accept votes until the end of the month to determine the winner. Shoutout Saratoga Springs. When people...

The Albany-area athlete, a member of the Capital Region Sliders Volleyball Club, was playing in the Boston Volleyball Festival when he collapsed inside the Boston Convention Center on Friday night, Feb. 21, as Daily Voice reported. In an update Friday, Feb. 28, family friend Odette Fung announced that the boy...

A man arrested in Niskayuna who evaded capture in a Virginia homicide investigation for nearly 30 years will spend the rest of his life in prison. Stephan Smerk was sentenced Friday in Fairfax, Virginia, for the 1994 killing of Robin Lawrence. Smerk was stationed at an Army base in Arlington...

A popular Halfmoon BBQ joint is calling it a day. There has been no shortage of retail outlets and restaurants announcing local closings recently. Many of these have been national chains going through bankruptcy proceedings or financial restructuring. In the case of a local Clifton Park restaurant, it's refreshing...

Binghamton, NY – A fast-moving band of heavy snow is sweeping across parts of central New York and northern Pennsylvania this morning, creating hazardous travel conditions with sudden drops in visibility and gusty winds. According to the National Weather Service in Binghamton, the snow band was observed at 6:08...

Negotiations between the governor's office and the union representing thousands of striking NY correction officers broke down early Saturday.

The Mid-State Correctional Facility in Marcy, New York A preliminary investigation found that up to nine correction officers may have contributed to Messiah Nantwi’s death, according to Attorney General Letitia James. [ more › ]

This is some turnstile justice. A repeat offender was free to punch a 37-year-old pregnant woman in the face on a Queens subway train last month after he committed three other similar transit attacks in the past four months — but got repeatedly let back out to do more violence, sources said. Christopher Benitez, 33,...

The Glens Falls Police Department has identified the person who would found dead after a fire in a clothing donation bin. The victim has been identified as Michelle McFarren, 43, of the Glens Falls area.

Niskayuna, NY — 25-year-old Zai John Vanhoesen was sentenced to 20 years in prison on March 6, 2025, for his role in a home invasion and robbery attempt in Niskayuna, Schenectady County District Attorney Robert Carney announced. Vanhoesen was convicted in November 2024 of Burglary in the First Degree,...