Albany County News

District Attorney P. David Soares Friday announced that Dennis Brodeur, 47, of Loudonville, was sentenced to 3 1/3 to 10 years in prison.

It was another dark day in court for the disgraced former head of the Albany Urban League.

A special prosecutor has determined that no criminal charges will be filed against two city police officers accused by witnesses of using excessive force when arresting two men in January in Menands.

A Rensselaer man was ordered held Thursday for grand jury action in the weekend stabbing death of a teenager.

Albany County law requires businesses to limit the sale of graffiti tools Posted on: 09/04/08 Ariana Cohn, Reporter email: cohna@spotlightnews.com The next time you drive under a bridge in Albany County, you ...

A man charged with murder for allegedly shaking his 4-month-old baby to death in May rejected a plea bargain today requiring he spend 20 years behind bars for manslaughter.

It was a "back to school bash" with a deadly serious message. Dozens of children gathered in Albany's Livingston Park on Monday, less than a half-mile from the street where 10 year-old Kathina Thomas was killed ...

It's been 13 years since a bike-hike trail was first proposed along an abandoned rail line between the city of Albany and Voorheesville, but it looks like it may finally become a reality.

Nick Domanski of Albany didn't realize that the gas he was getting for his car was seven cents cheaper, only if he paid in cash.

ALBANY District Attorney P. David Soares Thursday announced that Richard Clevenstine, 59, of Bethlehem, NY, was sentenced to 24 2/3 years in prison and 29 years post release supervision in Albany County Court.

State Police have charged a 48-year-old man with felony possession of child pornography.

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said some gas stations in New York City and upstate are illegally overcharging credit card customers.

A downstate man accused of trekking to Albany and shooting a local pot dealer who had lost $20,000 in profits turned down a plea offer today to serve more than 17 years in prison.

Murder defendant Jovan Underdue gave two separate versions of events before admitting to a triple slaying on Delaware Avenue last January - then hugged police, a detective testified today.

An Albany man was indicted in Albany County Court Tuesday for carjacking a pregnant woman last month in the city.

Riot police in Denver hit an Albany County legislator with pepper spray Monday night at the Democratic National Convention.

A Brazil-based investigation of Internet narcotics trafficking led to the recent arrests of a Cohoes couple on felony drug charges after they received shipments of morphine and Ritalin in the mail, records ...

What is it about Thursday nights in and around Albany? Here's what Sue Cleary, the city's director of special events, had to say about last Thursday, when 31 people were arrested on charges of drunken driving, ...

Grisly murder ends life of Bethlehem grad in Guatemala Posted on: 08/22/08 Jarrett Carroll, Spotlight Staff email: carrollj@spotlightnews.com Former Feura Bush resident and 1960 Bethlehem Central graduate Dan ...

The plan to build a bike trail from Voorheesville to Albany took one more crank of the pedal toward realization yesterday, but it is hardly coasting.