Rensselaer County News

The Rensselaer County Sheriff's Office says two city residents have been arrested for possessing nearly $2 million worth of steroids and other controlled pharmaceuticals.

The Rensselaer County Sheriff's Department tells NewsChannel 13 they found over 44,000 units of liquid steroids and more than 289,000 pharmaceutical pills.

A young boy who lost his mother and brother in a car accident in March is getting a very special treat Friday.

Since the SAFE Act went into effect, there have been a number of controversies surrounding it.

A 17-year-old Troy girl charged with killing her father last year has now been released from jail after the county dropped the indictment.

A Cohoes man arraigned Tuesday on weapons charges for carrying a handgun during a police foot chase earlier this month told a judge he was helping the police.

A city teenager admitted Monday that he took part in the deadly robbery of 21-year-old Takim Smith for $10. Ravenal Gregory Dunbar, 17, known as "Kannons," revealed his miniscule profit from the senseless crime on Feb.

A 63-year-old Rensselaer County man who has spent years writing out every word in the Bible has penned the very last lines.

Outdoor stores like Eastern Mountain Sports are now carrying more tick related products they say are in demand.

In 2011, the chef/entrepreneur founded The Hungry Fish Cafe in Wynantskill. In 2012, she moved to more suitable quarters at 615 Pawling Avenue, Troy, next to the New Old Stuff furniture store, the current location of the restaurant.

A man being treated for a heroin overdose allegedly assaulted the paramedic trying to save him with a used needle, city police said.

A boil water advisory has been issued by the Town of Brunswick Consolidated Water District because of e. coli contamination.

The Times Union recently profiled former state prison inmate Jeff Rockefeller , and cast a sympathetic light on the hardship he says he faced serving time in solitary confinement.

A state panel announced Wednesday that judges violate no ethical boundaries by having the special license plates to flaunt their positions - even in the wake of a scandal in Rensselaer County that cost one justice her job last year.

Gov. Cuomo is spending $140 million on TV ads whitewashing Albany, but he better buy more paint.

Rensselaer County DA Richard McNally addresses the court at Rensselaer County Court in Troy, NY on Thursday, May 27, 2010, during the sentencing of Chad Rubin in a criminal case involving an attempt to harm former Rensselaer County DA Patricia DeAngelis and two other women.

By now we're well accustomed to the self-serving statements of government officials.

A new data base on the Troy Irish Genealogy website - www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ identifies the 240 different newspapers that were published in Rensselaer County starting in 1787 up to the present day.

An administrative law judge with the Division of Human Rights said that while officials at the Rensselaer County Jail responded appropriately to a sergeant's sexual harassment complaint, they did virtually nothing to dissuade a "clique" of officers from subjecting her to "severe and reprehensible" retaliation on a daily basis.

Officials in Rensselaer County tell WNYT-TV that the fire broke out around 2 a.m. Friday at a home in the hamlet of Wynantskill, about 10 miles east of Albany.