Inspire

As far as I can remember, no athlete that has ever attended Ft. Anne High School has ever been as highly touted to play professional sports than Tyler Mattison.  Back when he was an eighth-grader pitching on the varsity baseball team, the Ft. Ann...

Please allow me first and foremost to bring to your attention that the gentleman who owns this miniature pig who went missing is named Carl Burnham.  Burn-ham!  You can't make this stuff up.  Anyway, I digress.  This isn't a story about swine irony, it's a story about a man who was feeling quite 'sowwy' for himself after his pet pig Hamilton went missing on Thursday morning but thanks to social me

Firefighters from the Stuyvesant Fire Department were quite busy on Wednesday afternoon surveying damage in their community following the intense storm that ravaged parts of Columbia and Greene County.  Undeterred by the storm, two of the Capital Region's bravest did something quite honorable when they noticed a downed flagpole in the middle of the destruction on a resident's lawn.  Th... Read Mor

If you're a parent with a pool, this has to be your worst nightmare.  It only takes a split second for an adult to lose track of a kid, only to realize there's a chance they may have slipped into the pool. That's what happened recently in Warren County, but thankfully, a fast acting Sergeant with the New York State Police was quick to the respond during this harrowing moment when every precious se

It's stories like this that make you appreciate the work of law enforcement.  Once they put that uniform on, there's no way of knowing what the day will bring.  Danger, unpredictability and high-stress are part of the job.  This story combines all three, but thankfully with a happy ending. A 92-year-...

Despite being abused and terribly neglected, a 13-year-old girl with special needs loves people and is super sweet.  Meet Oreo who was found over three weeks ago when she was seen tied to a pole in a Valatie parking lot, crying.   On the mend and looking for love, the Columbia-Greene Humane Society says they'll waive the adoption fees if they can find her a "forever home." Accor... Read

Diagnosed with a very rare disease as toddler, AJ Ballard from Waterford was given a very short life expectancy of only 6-8 years and while his condition has worsened over the years, his spirit has not.   Now, at age 10 1/2 , AJ continues to defy the odds set by doctors when he was told he most likely wouldn't make it to 3rd or 4th grade, let alone graduate elementary school. When ...

A pair of health care workers from Rensselaer were in the right place at the right time recently when they saved a man's life who had no pulse when they saw him lying on the ground at JFK Airport in New York City. Ironically, the heroic feat happened after they had just returned from a Florida vacation while using their free JetBlue Airline tickets given to health care heroes...

It's one one our favorite things to do every year as we celebrate America's birthday and we can't do it without you and your stroies of the brave men and women in the Armed Forces. Beginning at 6 a.m. on Friday, July 2nd and continuing all through Independence Day on WGNA, Brian and Chrissy will be honoring some of the local men and women in our military who may be away from their families while p

In the sports world, there are few things more exciting than a Game 7.  It's what kids dream of when shooting hoops in the backyard with friends; it's do or die, win or go home and in this case, where legends are born. Last night during game 7 of the NBA Eastern Conference semi-finals, 2016 Shen grad Kevin Huerter came through with the best game of his life, putting on an absolute clinic of epic p

My dad, Papa Codes aka "Harry the Barber" has been clipping heads in Albany for over 50 years and when I saw this awesome story celebrating another longtime Capital Region barber, I got a little choked up.   Barbers are true artists - masters of their craft - and if you're lucky enough to find a good one, you're more than likely to stay with that stylist for life. I don...

For last few months, the Glens Falls rocking chair that simply "appeared" one April day in a local park created an air of of mystery, intrigue, and speculation.  What was  story behind the portrait of the little girl and who is the person holding her hand seen in the silhouette on the back of the chair placed inside City Park in Glens Falls?  Some people ...