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North Greenbush, NY (WRGB) — Police arrested a 30-year-old man Tuesday following what authorities describe as a violent domestic incident involving threats with weapons and children inside a residence. According to the North Greenbush Police Department, officers responded Feb. 17 to a home on Main Avenue for a...

A massive fire tore through a Rensselaer County plaza overnight — leaving at least one beloved local business completely destroyed.

An Albany Law School student allegedly drove his vehicle into a facility near the Hoover Dam before taking his own life in what law enforcement authorities described as a ‘terrorism’ incident.

Schenectady, NY (WRGB) — A Schenectady County judge has sentenced a 41-year-old man to 25 years to life in state prison for the 2024 killing of a woman inside a motel room, prosecutors announced. Corydon Carlton received the sentence from Judge Matthew Sypniewski after a jury found him guilty...

Mark Carter was charged with kidnapping and choking a woman last month in Albany.

This is the second time a local college program has been recognized for helping solve a cold case. After more than 60 years, a family finally has answers, and Russell Sage’s Criminal Investigation Resource Center helped make that possible.

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. New York’s Capital Region is waking up to wet snowflakes and a gritty sleet mix tapping against windshields in Albany. Temperatures hover near 34 degrees, right on the edge of freezing, and untreated roads...

A woman from Troy is making skin-care accessible and empowering, while paving the way for other small business owners. Octavia Maxwell is the founder of Skin Deep Naturals, a beauty brand now being sold in some Market 32 by Price Chopper stores in the Capital Region. As a child, Maxwell...

MALTA, NY — A Gansevoort man was arrested on a felony drug charge following a traffic stop on Interstate 87 Tuesday evening. Ben H. Evans, 25, of Gansevoort, was stopped at 5:41 p.m. for failing to signal a lane change, according to the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office. An...

An Albany County Judge sentenced an Albany man on Wednesday to seven years in jail for a 2020 shooting and fleeing prosecution.