Albany NY

A car crash closed one northbound lane on I-87 near the Twin Bridges and the Colonie town line on Thursday afternoon.

The Schenectady Board of Education voted to accept the resignation of Maria Mawson, a librarian at Lincoln Elementary School, during its meeting Wednesday, Jan. 14. The resignation follows widespread outrage over an image that appeared to show an adult with a foot placed on the back of a child lying face-down on the...

Schenectady Animal Control is looking for the man seen on video hitting a dog several times. The man walks up to the dog and starts hitting the dog over and over again.

Hazmat teams were initially dispatched to the scene.

Amsterdam, NY (WRGB) — Investigators are still searching for a motive after a stabbing in the town of Amsterdam Wednesday left three people, including an infant, injured. Montgomery County Sheriff Jeffery Smith released new details about the incident Thursday, describing it as an unprovoked attack. The suspect, Chad...

Gai Chicken & Rice in Troy had its grand opening and ribbon cutting on Thursday. The restaurant is located at 3301 6th Avenue.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WRGB) — A homeless man is convicted of a violent assault in Albany. The jury deliberated for just 17 minutes. The attack happened at Grand Street and Madison Avenue back on Sept. 20, 2024. Prosecutors say 44-year-old John Hughes used a wooden board with spiked nails to...

Authorities are in pursuit of Lamont Alexander Holmes after an ankle monitor was found on a dog. The Albany County Probation Department reported that individuals sometimes tamper with their electronic monitoring devices, but this case is unique. On Tuesday morning, a woman found a dog running free near Krouner Road...

ALBANY, N.Y. (WNYT) – An Albany man was sentenced to 5 years in prison for robbing a person at a bus stop last August. Freddie Black, 24, was arrested after an incident on Aug. 12 at the bus stop at the area of South Pearl Street and Morton Avenue. The Albany County District Attorney’s Office said Black approached a...

ALBANY, NY (WRGB) — A Schenectady man has been sentenced to a total of 27.5 years in prison and 5 years of supervised release for his role in drug trafficking. Jabree Jones, 33, conspired to distribute fentanyl, cocaine, and meth with several other people. He was on federal supervised release at the time, which added...