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Upstate New York is under increased fire risk due to the dry and windy weather in the forecast.

An official working for two Upstate New York towns is facing charges of grand larceny as investigators claim she more than $35,000 from taxpayers.

New York State Police have charged a mother and son with burglary after the pair were caught breaking into a storage unit in the town of Alexandria.

Thousands of acres of land in Upstate New York that is normally closed to the public, will be open for 16 days only.

A Verizon employee is dead following a Truck/Pedestrian accident in Jefferson County.

An upstate New York judge who stoked social media outrage for sentencing a former school bus driver to probation in the rape of a 14-year-old is getting "numerous vitriolic" phone calls, court officials said Tuesday.

A former Army sergeant convicted of murdering his wife and a state trooper answering a domestic violence call in northern New York has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.

A former Army sergeant on trial for killing his wife and a state trooper in northern New York wasn't responsible for his actions due to his mental state, his defense lawyer told a jury Tuesday.

New York state has acquired an island off Lake Ontario's eastern shore that was the scene of a War of 1812 battle between British and American forces.

A man is dead following a house fire in the Jefferson County Town of Alexandria, NY.