Upstate New York

The assailant, Abdul Trowell, was later arrested and convicted of rape and kidnapping. He is serving a sentence of up to 15 years.

Claudia Tenney, a Republican, had a 29-vote lead over the incumbent Democrat Rep. Anthony Brindisi entering the new year, but a ruling on the challenged ballots will likely determine the winner of the last undecided U.S. House race

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in northern New York discovered more than 1,545 pounds in an incoming truck reportedly carrying used reels, while officers north of Buffalo found 936 pounds in a shipment manifested as phone accessories

The New York National Guard released the identities of three service members killed in a helicopter training accident on Friday, a day after their bodies were recovered and transported by police and fire escort from the crash site. The victims include Chief Warrant Officer Steven Skoda, a 35-year veteran of the Army and the New York Amy National Guard. He…

Three National Guard members on a routine training flight were killed Wednesday when their helicopter crashed in a western New York town, an official said.

Police have issued an Amber Alert for a missing boy and girl from the Rochester area who they believe were abducted by two men wearing ski masks who broke through a window

Officers responded to a complaint of animal cruelty on Jan. 13 and found a man cooking a canine outside a home, town police said, with the man cooperating with officers while telling them it was a coyote

Nearly 100 cats survived a house fire in an Upstate New York town, according to an animal protection group, although some suffered serious injuries

A member of a New York town’s zoning board resigned after she was seen in photos taken at the U.S. Capitol on the day extremists, conspiracy theorists and supporters of the president stormed it

The teenage Arizona residents were visiting the girl’s mother in Monroe County over the holidays when they were stopped for speeding, where police found a gun and say ballistics analysis indicates it was used in the killing

The teen was piloting a Cessna 172-model plane alone when she crash landed in order to avoid a set of power lines, her father said

A police officer in upstate New York has been charged with assault in the death last year of a mental health detainee who went limp and unresponsive after the officer allegedly pressed a foot on the man’s neck area and slammed his head onto a hospital floor

The infant ingested methamphetamine while in the care of the 39-year-old man, who was the child’s legal guardian

Throughout the afternoon, there were 90 reports of a bright white fireball with shades of yellow being seen from Ontario to Virginia, with most reports of the loud boom coming from the Syracuse area.

The mayor and former police chief of a northern New York town was arrested on drug charges after an undercover drug operation, authorities said. Timmy Currier, the mayor of Massena, threw a gram of crack cocaine out of his car window before his arrest Tuesday, the St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. The sheriff’s office...

Chenango County informed a state judge it had discovered 55 ballots cast during the state’s early voting period in the ultra-tight race between U.S. Rep. Anthony Brindisi and his Republican challenger, former U.S. Rep. Claudia Tenney

A police officer in New York state has been suspended without pay after a body camera recorded him calling Black people “the worst race,” adding an expletive for emphasis

The 17-year-old was ejected from the buggy and landed on the shoulder of the road after being struck from behind by an SUV, also driven by a teenager

The University at Albany switched to fully remote learning Tuesday, while Syracuse said it would immediately suspend all in-person events sponsored by school or student organizations and move classes online next Monday

A jury found an upstate New York man accused of fatally shooting his wife and putting her body in a dumpster guilty Thursday. An Oneida County jury deliberated for about two hours before finding 48-year-old Jason D’Avolio of Rome guilty of second-degree murder and concealment of a human corpse. Prosecutors argued D’Avolio shot his wife, Kerrilee D’Avolio, in the...

Police said that man driving in upstate New York was found during a traffic stop to have two kilograms of cocaine hidden inside two boxes of children’s cereal

An upstate New York congressman says he and his family were threatened with a dead animal and a brick bearing a family member’s name at his home in Corning

The expletive-filled video shows the state Supreme Court justice shouting at the officer who is subduing his wife during an argument with neighbors before he, too, is grabbed by police officers.

The wrongful arrest of a New York man has led to protests and injury at Rochester’s Public Safety Building. According to a statement from the Rochester Police Department, Nicholas Wilt, 50, was arrested Tuesday due to an apparent clerical error that indicated Wilt was supposed to appear in court on Sept. 22, the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle reported. Wilt was…

A New York bar patron accused of shoving an 80-year-old, who later died, during a confrontation about the need to wear a mask has pleaded not guilty to criminally negligent homicide.

A group of drug dealers intent on recovering 50 kilograms of cocaine kidnapped an associate’s grandparents from their home in northern New York, ferried them across the Canadian border through a tribal reservation, and held them hostage for two nights until police staged a rescue, U.S. authorities said

In a statement, the president of SUNY Cortland said the campus would remain open and students living there would continue to do so, but would be doing classwork remotely

Two members of Congress from New York called on the National Transportation Safety Board to reverse its decision not to send an investigator to the scene of a small plane crash that killed a prominent attorney and his niece. Reps. Brian Higgins, a Democrat, and Chris Jacobs, a Republican, called it “extremely concerning” that coronavirus protocols would keep the NTSB…

Personal injury attorney Steve Barnes, whose law firm Cellino & Barnes was known on two coasts for its catchy TV jingle, was killed Friday in a small plane crash in western New York. Barnes, a registered pilot, died along with his niece, Elizabeth Barnes, his former law partner Ross Cellino said in a statement after the crash. “It is with…

Four people face charges after a couple from northern New York was held hostage in the Quebec city of Magog, Canadian authorities said

Authorities on Thursday arrested a 20-year-man in connection with a drive-by shooting that killed an 11-year-old boy in Troy earlier this month. Police in the upstate New York town identified the suspect as Jahquay Brown, and said he was facing a murder charge. He had an arraignment on Thursday afternoon and was in custody, but no information on any attorney…

State police say an upstate New York police deputy’s gun accidentally discharged in a restaurant and injured two people

The suspect, who did not know the victim or the victim’s family, moved to Florida shortly after the killing of the 14-year-old on the evening of Thanksgiving in 1984

A woman in upstate New York was arrested after drunkenly calling a police department and emergency responders, tying up phone lines for hours, according to police

A woman in upstate New York was arrested after drunkenly calling a police department and emergency responders, tying up phone lines for hours, according to police

A fire that tore through celebrity chef Rachael Ray’s upstate New York home started in a fireplace chimney, state officials said Friday.

More than 125 people, including both Black Lives Matter protesters and counterprotesters in support of the bakery, came out in response to a cake made to resemble a Make America Great Again hat that was posted on social media in July

The officer initially said that a group of Black youths had told him off when he asked them why they were on his property at his upstate getaway, and that an exchange of gunfire followed — but he later said that was a lie, and he was reportedly found asleep in the home after a night of heavy drinking

A 36,000-acre tract of lakes and forest in the Adirondacks is on the market for $180 million.

The 21-year-old man accused of stabbing a New York teen to death and posting photos of her bloody corpse has reversed his guilty plea

An upstate New York shopping mall was briefly locked down late Wednesday afternoon as police investigated reports of shots fired at a Foot Locker store, but no injuries were reported in what was described as “an isolated incident”

More than 2 feet of blustery snow has fallen in the the area around Watertown, and another 2 feet is possible through the weekend

A college student was found dead in his home of the flu after a garbled 911 call left rescuers with no means of locating him, authorities said.

The woman’s daughter had cerebral palsy, was in a wheelchair and couldn’t feed herself

The man entered the plea understanding he will get the maximum sentence of 25 years to life in prison, and told the judge the teen “didn’t deserve what happened to her”

The parents said their son was the victim of elaborate hazing that forced frat pledges to drink heavily while cycling through seven themed rooms

Police in a New York town say a father shoved and hit a principal with his car while taking his son by force from his elementary school

A New York couple allegedly scammed friends and acquaintances out of more than $750,000 in an investment scheme, using the funds on luxury SUVs, a timeshare and their daughter’s wedding

Police are investigating a Christmas Day crash in suburban Albany that killed a 24-year-old man and injured three others

Severe rain and wind have managed to move a massive iron scow that has been stuck on a rocky perch near Niagara Falls since 1918. For 101 years the dumping scow was considered to be an unmovable landmark ⁠— until it dislodged on Thursday, according to Niagara Parks. The ship, which has deteriorated over the last century, appeared to have...

Authorities have called off the search for the 1-year-old son of a woman who was found buried on the upstate New York farm where she worked.

A farm worker who admits to burying the body of his girlfriend has been charged with having counterfeit citizenship documents and re-entering the country after twice being deported.

The 30-year-old man whose eviction from his parents’ suburban home drew national attention finally left Friday, hours before a court-ordered deadline, with financial help from right-wing radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

The 30-year-old upstate New York man who was evicted from his parents’ home says he’s OK being the punchline of jokes as he prepares to move by the legal deadline.

In a real-life case of “Failure to Launch,” an upstate New York judge Tuesday ordered a 30-year-old man to move out of his parents’ house after they went to court to have him ejected.

Officials in Buffalo are welcoming the expansion of ride-sharing services as a way to reduce alcohol-related crashes.