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For the first time in its nearly 200-year history, the New York State Museum will be led by a woman. The State Board of Regents and Education Commissioner Dr. Betty A. Rosa announced the appointment of Jennifer Saunders as director of the museum following a national search. The post Jennifer Saunders named first...

A Northumberland woman remains in jail for attacking 3 people, according to Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office. Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office says Jenna Helenek, 21, stabbed someone with a knife and punched two others. The attacked happened at around 2:20 Sunday morning at the e Stewart’s Pond boat launch in the...

Police have not yet named the 23-year-old man who they say was fatally stabbed.

A 51-year-old Walmart employee faces grand larceny charges after an investigation at the Route 9W store into fraudulent returns. The post Glenmont Walmart employee charged in scam first appeared on Spotlight News .

Completed 200 years ago, the Erie Canal is one of America's greatest achievements. It was an ambitious project to connect the Great Lakes to New York City, but one that ultimately paid off, helping to bolster New York's power as a major shipping port. While the commercial use of the canal is nothing like it was in...

The Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) will be implementing service changes to various routes throughout the Capital Region in August.

MILTON — A Milton resident is facing a series of serious charges following a lengthy narcotics investigation conducted by the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities arrested Timothy J. Wilbur, 33, on Thursday, after executing a search warrant at his residence. Extensive Drug Charges Filed. Wilbur has been...

He’s among three suspects involved in the incident and the second to be charged in more than a year.

A Schenectady man was sentenced to eight years in federal prison for directing a cross-country drug trafficking and money laundering scheme that brought dangerous narcotics into New York’s Capital District. Terence Butler, 36, received a 96-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to conspiracy charges involving...

TROY, NY (WRGB) — A heavy police presence in the city of Troy last night as the agency was executing a pre-planed search warrant. According to a video sent to CBS6, it happened in the area of Old 6th Ave and Cpl. William A. Dickerson Place. Some of the...