Colonie

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a longtime employee at an upstate New York jail, six inmates and six civilians have been charged with smuggling contraband into the correctional facility.

COLONIE, N.Y. (AP) — Police say a 17-year-old driver was killed over the weekend when a pastor's van that was reported stolen a week earlier crashed into a utility pole in upstate New York.