Albany NY

Summer is starting to wind down, which means Capital District Regional Market is getting ready for their 2026 Apple Festival.

ALBANY COUNTY (WRGB) — Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple says a traffic safety enforcement detail Thursday was a success. Sheriff Apple says more than 100 traffic stops were done in the City of Albany. Enforcement efforts were also concentrated in high-crime areas. Sheriff Apple says three people were taken...

If you've been to the Troy Farmers Market, you may be familiar with the Thai food vendor, Thunder Mountain Curry, a long-time staple of the community started by Mike Gordon 24 years ago. For the past 18 years, Gordon's been running it with his trusted business partner, Michael Meade. Meade is the front man, taking ever

The Albany Community Police Review Board (CPRB) voted to take more time to consider Albany Common Councilor John Williamson's allegations that an Albany police officer racially profiled him during a traffic stop in May. A report on the allegations, authored by CPRB Board Member Julia Morris, concluded that all of...

An Albany man has been sentenced to over eight years in federal prison for his involvement in a cross-country marijuana and tetrahydrocannabinols (THC) trafficking scheme. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Deandre Caldwell was charged alongside 25 other defendants.

A new state law is giving qualified security officers at three St. Peter’s Health Partners hospital campuses expanded authority to respond to violent incidents, a change hospital leaders say is intended to better protect healthcare workers, patients and visitors. The law applies to security officers at St. Peter’s Hosp

A man accused of trying to drown his sister in the Hudson River has now been indicted in county court.

BRUNSWICK, NY — State Police arrested Emmanuel Johnson, 23, of Albany, on Aug. 6, 2026, for Grand Larceny 3rd, a class D felony. Troopers responded to the area of Hoosick Road on Aug. 5, 2026, at about 3:22 p.m. for the report of a stolen vehicle. The investigation determined...

A Capital Region man who threatened two women with a gun on Thursday night, Aug. 13 has been arrested, police said. Nasir R. Smith, 22, of Albany, was involved in an altercation with the two victims, then pulled a gun on them, the Albany Police Department said Friday, Aug. 14. Cops responded to a res…

ALBANY, N.Y. (WRGB) — A man in Albany is accused of threatening two female victims with a handgun during a domestic incident. Police were called to a home on Elm Street near Delaware Avenue late Thursday night. They say Nasir Smith, 22, was in an altercation with the victims.