Upstate new York news

What appeared to have been a fairly routine traffic stop on Saturday afternoon in Perth turned out to be much more than that thanks to some good police work. State Police in Fulton County discovered that an Alabama man traveling through town was carrying an arsenal of illegal weapons in his car.   During the search of the vehicle, State Police in Mayfield found two loaded handguns and an illegal A

Is she the next Carrie Underwood, Gabby Barrett or is she carving out a unique niche of her own on season 19 of American Idol? It's way too early to make those kinds of bold predictions, but one thing we do know is that 16-year-old Laila Mach from New Paltz is well on her way to pursuing her dream of being a professional recording artist.  Tonight, her journey continues and you can watch and judge

A group of area women who met one another in a female empowerment group found so much kindness, support, and strength in each other, that they decided to join forces and  "pay it forward," leaving massive tips at local restaurants.  They call themselves "The Sweet Savages" and judging by what they've been doing around town, there's nothing savage about them.

Almost one month to the day that a car unbelievably smashed through the window of Dolce and Biscotti Italian Bakery in Clifton Park, another car slammed into a support structure in front of their building. The incident happened yesterday afternoon and has the owners and staff of the pastry shop wondering why these things keep happening.  Is it merely a coincidence or is there something going on in

Check your Take 5 ticket from the New York Lottery.   Someone purchased a ticket from a Stewart's in Schenectady County for last night's drawing it whoever won is sitting on some pretty serious money right now and they may not even know it.

Last summer was one to forget as just about anything and everything we were looking forward to was canceled or postponed due to the pandemic.  While it may be awhile before we're ever back to life as we knew it, announcements like the one we received today represent a sure sign of good things to come. On Wednesday, the Town of Clifton Park announced the lineup for their upcoming Performing Arts on

Imagine trying to get in the front door to your home, car, or in this case a hunting cabin, only to learn that someone had rigged it to explode upon opening.  Something like this would be terrifying at the least, catastrophic - or perhaps even deadly - at the worst.  But that's what happened when the owners of an Adirondack cabin tried get inside.  As a result, one Rotterdam man ha been arrested,

Now that the weather is getting warmer and COVID restrictions are loosening up a bit, businesses around Lark Street and the center square portion of Albany will see an uptick in people eating, shopping and hanging out. Also guaranteed to be on the rise will be the idiots on illegal dirt bikes and ATV's that rip through the city travelling in large packs with seemingly no regard for any person or a

A Connecticut man was arrested over the weekend after police say he blew up fireworks inside a local Walmart on Saturday.  Once he was apprehended inside the store, police questioned him about the incident, and what he told them might blow you away.

Wow. Just Wow. Imagine how horribly this could have turned out. On Thursday afternoon, a 4-year-old child found a handgun on an Albany street underneath a parked car, and according to the Albany Police the child actually fired a shot thinking that the loaded gun was just a toy.  Thankfully, no one was hurt but an incident like this is quite disturbing to say the least.

There's an ongoing investigation in Warren County as State Police are looking for a missing rifle that belongs to them and claim it was last seen on Tuesday.   While police have been diligent in saying that they don't believe it was stolen, they're trying to figure out how it went missing and are asking for the public's help to try help the locate it.

It's simply incredulous to think that some people in the "wildlife business" have absolutely no love or regard for animals whatsoever.   Driven by greed and motivated my money, the exploitation of wild animals for ones financial sake is a most egregious crime and one that some might say should come with greater consequences.  Let's hope this changes over time.  On Wednesday it was report