Albany News Updates Provided by News 10
Monday December 10, 2012 
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Firefighters and consumers groups are urging New York lawmakers to ban novelty lighters that look like toys. Fifteen states, including Massachusetts and Maine, have such laws in place. The
The Bethlehem Lions Club tells News10 they have sold the last of their Christmas trees as of Sunday, after 34 of the Nova Scotia Balsam trees the club sells for charity were stolen several weeks ago.
Christmas tree growers in upstate New York are feeling some holiday cheer.
New York state Sen. Stephen Saland (suh-LAND') may soon be the latest casualty among Republicans who crossed the aisle to vote for the legalization of gay marriage last year.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation is collecting rabbit heads from hunters east of the Hudson River for a research project.
The Albany Police Department says they arrested an off-duty Coxsackie Police Officer for pointing a gun at a man on Sunday.
Saratoga County District Attorney Jim Murphy says Eric Loeser was sentenced to over 20 years in prison Monday after being convicted of kidnapping and sexually abusing three young boys.
A community paid respect to its fallen son at calling hours for 26-year-old Marine, Lance Corporal Anthony Denier at American Legion Post 91 Monday.
Three of the four teenagers accused of raping a University of Massachusetts student in her Amherst dorm room in October are facing arraignment.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) introduced legislation Monday to provide property tax relief to New York City home owners and businesses in the wake of the devastating effects of Hurricane Sandy.
They're shaped like toy trucks, Christmas ornaments, even cartoon characters - and New York State fire officials want them banned!
Amsterdam Police arrested a 26-year-old weeks after they say he robbed Kings Food and Fuel at 72 Guy Park Ave. on Nov 24.
Residents in the Oppenheim-Ephratah Central School District have the chance to vote on the future of their schools Tuesday, which could end in a merger with the neighboring St. Johnsville district.
Exciting economic buzz for downtown Schenectady. U.S. Senator Charles Schumer announced he's working to continue the revitalization efforts in the city Monday.
A year-end deadline approaching, negotiations to avoid an economy-rattling "fiscal cliff" appeared at a standstill Monday. Republicans pressed President Barack Obama to name specific spending cuts he will support, while the...
A 54-year-old woman has been arrested in Ballston Spa after police say she stole from an elderly woman.
Many schools in New York's poor districts lack basic resources six years after a landmark court ruling required the state to increase spending on public education.
Kids at a local school are pulling together to give back to the community this holiday season.
Bailey Wind is home, sitting in her family room - but living in a different world. In one week's time, she suffered serious injuries from the Northway crash, breaking her neck, losing many of her teeth and having two titanium plates put into her jaw.
