Loudonville News

Thanks to community support, some local WWII veterans were able to fly to the nation's capital this morning to see a memorial dedicated for their service.

Coulson's News Center tells the NEWS CENTER they've done more sales Friday than they would normally do for the lotto in one month, tons of people hoping to get their hands on the $600 million Powerball jackpot.

Saint Ann, a Maronite Catholic church formerly based in Troy, was officially "dedicated to God" Saturday, with a procession and a consecration ceremony.

While stock market indices moved further into record territory Wednesday, the financial gains apparently did little to boost the confidence of consumers, a new survey by the Siena Research Institute finds.

Friends and family of a missing woman, Ashley Carroll, gathered at the missing persons memoriam in Albany Sunday night.

AMSTERDAM, NY Montgomery County Sheriff reports the arrest of Cassandra A. Downs, 32, of Schenectady, for harassment and menacing after threatening to shoot co-workers. According to officials, Downs was a disgruntled employee of Wal-Mart in the Town of Amsterdam, and made threats to shoot two other employees.

ALBANY, N.Y. Seven Capital Region CROP hunger Walks were held Sunday to raise funding for Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty.

SCHENCETADY, N.Y. Like so many in the Capital Region, the Schenectady Greenmarket is heading outdoors to take advantage of the beautiful weather.

Ely Park Golf Course will be the setting for the Triple Cities Golf Association's season-opening event, the May 5 Three-Man Scramble.

On Wednesday, a Loudonville woman, 91, said she got a phone call from a man claiming to be investigating a teller and asked that she go to an Albany Shaker Road bank and withdraw $5,800 from her account.

Middle and high school students of the Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Central School District were sent home Monday, after the district announced it would remain closed for the day due to a widespread power outage in the area.