Albany News Updates Provided by News 10
Wednesday December 12, 2012 

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Former New York state comptroller Alan Hevesi is set to be released from prison after serving 20 months for his leading role in an influence-peddling scandal at the state's massive
Authorities say a former employee of the book store at a northern New York community college has been charged with stealing more than $50,000 from the school.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Authorities have charged a 21-year-old Albany man with fatally shooting another man as he drove through an intersection late last year. Officials tell local media outlets that Jallah
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - State officials say an agreement to be announced Wednesday will resolve an unexpected snag that's been delaying by weeks advance insurance payments to property owners hit by Superstorm
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's top court has rejected a suburban Rochester man's plea of guilty to beating and stabbing his elderly father, ruling the judge should have further questioned his mental illness
People looking to set a world record will gather in Albany on 12-12-12 at 12 p.m.

A happy homecoming took place in Latham early Wednesday morning for 20 soldiers with New York's National Guard's 27th Brigade Special Troops Battalion.

A man was arrested for driving while intoxicated after he was spotted traveling north in the southbound lane of the Northway Tuesday morning.

Residents in the Oppenheim-Ephratah Central School District voted in favor of a binding referendum Tuesday night, approving a merger with the St. Johnsville Central School District.

State police say the mystery woman who handed a trooper $1,000 cash as a "thank you" this holiday, has come forward.

On Monday, New York State troopers arrested a 28-year-old man they say stole an ATM and cash from a jute box
A federal judge has refused to dismiss two fraud charges filed against former New York Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno after his original convictions were overturned.

A two-count indictment has been handed up against 27-year-old Joshua McWain, a Greenfield man accused of murdering his mother.

A student at Brown School celebrated his 12th birthday on 12-12-12 by collecting 1212 pounds of food and supplies to help homeless animals.

Early Wednesday afternoon, a car crash in the Town of Salem resulted in the air-lifting of a Shushan resident to the Albany Medical Center.

Wednesday, voters in the Waterford-Halfmoon Union Free School District approved a $9.7 million dollar referendum to fund renovations to parts of the 51-year-old school.

Wednesday night, two adult black men with their hoods up tried to break into a home in Troy, according to police.

Wednesday night, two adult black men with their hoods up fired multiple gun-shots through a Troy street, according to police.