City of Albany to create new climate action plan
The City of Albany has announced that its officials and community members will be coming together to create a new Climate Action Plan.
Samara Bocus, Adrienne Hurlock Reported Missing
Samara Bocus, of Albany, was last seen on Friday, Oct. 4, while relatives last saw Adrienne Hurlock, of Saratoga Springs, on Monday, Oct. 6, according to police. Bocus is believed to be in the Albany area. Hurlock was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, dark pants, and black and white sneakers.
The buried stories of the 175-year-old Oakwood Cemetery in Troy
The historic Oakwood Cemetery in Troy, New York is celebrating its 175-anniversary next week, but there’s more to the rural cemetery than its “gorgeous” rooms and towering tombstones. As reports, there’s a story behind the stones. Heidi Klinowski will be buried in the historic cemetery with...
1 rescued as fire erupts at Albany apartment complex
The fire at Townsend Park Homes, a 158-unit high-rise located at 45 Central Ave., erupted on the 12th floor shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday.
New Indoor Adventure Park Moving Into Upstate NY Empty Sears
Families in the Capital Region will soon have a fresh destination to create memories, and it's all happening where the old Sears used to stand.
Organization supporting grieving parents finds permanent home with community support
A Capital Region-based non-profit organization with the goal of providing support for parents who have their children has found a place to call home. Now, Parents of Angel Children is hoping to provide an additional boost to its new neighborhood. The organization's new headquarters is on Second Avenue in Albany,...
Inaugural Homelands PowWow returns Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican celebration to tribal lands
The Homelands PowWow, hosted this weekend at the Darrow School in New Lebanon, N.Y., marked the first powwow hosted by the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican Tribe on their ancestral lands since their forceful expulsion in the late 18th century. Saturday’s main event was Grand Entry, a procession of community leaders,...
Police identify suspect in 1964 murder of Albany woman
Fifty-year-old Catherine Blackburn was found dead in her home in September 1964. Blackburn’s nearly nude body was mutilated. She had been sexually assaulted, stabbed repeatedly and burned with a hot instrument. The case had not been solved. However, advances in DNA technology helped make a breakthrough. Albany...
Officials offer new details in decades old cold case
ALBANY, NY (WRGB) — In September 1964, family members discovered the body of 50-year-old Catherine Blackburn inside her Albany apartment. Blackburn was struck in the back of the head and stabbed her in the neck. She was also sexually assaulted and burned on her lips and chest. She died as a result of blood loss....
Mexican restaurant in downtown Albany closing doors
An Albany restaurant known for serving up Mexican street food is shutting its doors on October 25.
