rensselaer county

UPDATE! The Rensselaer County Sheriff's Office has announced a suspect has been arrested, and charged with burglary and grand larceny for allegedly taking the Eagle Mills Fire Department's Fire Utility truck. No other information was released.

Former New York Mets and Yankees star, Darryl Strawberry will make his way to the Capital Region to speak about the dangers of drug abuse and addiction. Strawberry has written several books on addiction recovery.

On January 6th, someone purchased a $1,000,000 Mega Millions second-place ticket at a Stewart's Shop in Rensselaer County. We now know who the winner is, sort of.

Check your tickets! There was another Take5 winning ticket sold. This time it was purchased at a Stewart's Shop in Rensselaer County. That winner is cashing in a ticket worth $19,860.50!

There is more development planned in Rensselaer County. This time there will be a new Chick-fil-A and Aldi grocery store going in. The area is already being developed at a rapid rate.

Is it just me or are "missing person reports" on the rise here in the Capital Region? Let's hope this trend doesn't continue. Months ago it was Shaker teacher Meghan Marohn, more recently Schenectady teen Samantha Humphrey, and now this - a man from Rensselaer County who police say has been missing for weeks - his car left abandoned on the side of the road...

Can you help a family in Rensselaer County located their furry friend that ran away after a car accident? The person walking the dog was killed in the accident and the dog ran off.

Can you taste the waffle fries yet?

When you hear of stories like this one, you wonder who is so cruel that they would dump seven animals in different locations in Troy? It appears they are all from the same litter and suffering from the same disease.

Ten people died and a number of homes were destroyed.

One Capital Region county has been ranked 60 in US News & World Report's 2022 list of the 500 Healthiest Communities, making it the best in New York.

Witnesses stopped to perform CPR on one of the crash victims