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Soon Upstate New York apple orchards will be opening and ready for you to come and pick your own apples. But one apple orchard in the Capital Region has made the difficult decision to not open for its sixteenth season.

There is a lot of construction that is coming to an end in a busy part of Rensselaer County. The first-of-its-kind chicken fast food joint and a discount grocery store will open in this area by the end of July.

If you bought a Take5 Lottery ticket for the July 17th midday drawing at a gas station convenience store in the Capital Region, you could be cashing in. You are the sole winner of $18,521!

It has been forty years since the tragic discovery of an Upstate New York boy’s lifeless body and police are still trying to find out who took the boy's life.

The third oldest fair in New York State is offering something special on its opening day this year. Admission will be one dollar on opening day!

UPDATE! The Rensselaer County Sheriff's Office has announced a suspect has been arrested, and charged with burglary and grand larceny for allegedly taking the Eagle Mills Fire Department's Fire Utility truck. No other information was released.

Former New York Mets and Yankees star, Darryl Strawberry will make his way to the Capital Region to speak about the dangers of drug abuse and addiction. Strawberry has written several books on addiction recovery.

On January 6th, someone purchased a $1,000,000 Mega Millions second-place ticket at a Stewart's Shop in Rensselaer County. We now know who the winner is, sort of.

Check your tickets! There was another Take5 winning ticket sold. This time it was purchased at a Stewart's Shop in Rensselaer County. That winner is cashing in a ticket worth $19,860.50!

There is more development planned in Rensselaer County. This time there will be a new Chick-fil-A and Aldi grocery store going in. The area is already being developed at a rapid rate.

Is it just me or are "missing person reports" on the rise here in the Capital Region? Let's hope this trend doesn't continue. Months ago it was Shaker teacher Meghan Marohn, more recently Schenectady teen Samantha Humphrey, and now this - a man from Rensselaer County who police say has been missing for weeks - his car left abandoned on the side of the road...

Can you help a family in Rensselaer County located their furry friend that ran away after a car accident? The person walking the dog was killed in the accident and the dog ran off.

Can you taste the waffle fries yet?

When you hear of stories like this one, you wonder who is so cruel that they would dump seven animals in different locations in Troy? It appears they are all from the same litter and suffering from the same disease.

Ten people died and a number of homes were destroyed.

One Capital Region county has been ranked 60 in US News & World Report's 2022 list of the 500 Healthiest Communities, making it the best in New York.

Witnesses stopped to perform CPR on one of the crash victims

Departments from around the county are on the scene

Here's the naughty list

With an extra primary election necessary after a redistricting controversy, taxpayers across Upstate will be left with the bill for the August 23 primary.

Opened in 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge is an iconic New York structure that you might catch a glimpse of in Troy soon (but looking newer than you remember).

If you know where he is, police want to hear from you.

Can which New York county you live in determine your life expectancy? Well, it can be a factor. In a cool report compiled by the Princeton, New Jersey based Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Health Population Institute, they ranked all 62 counties in New York State in order of the healthiest to the not so healthy. The annual rankings compile data from the past several years from multiple sources, such as the National Center for Health Statistics.

Check out this hemp farm that sold in Rensselaer County. It sits on one hundred and ninety acres, has two ponds, trails, and solar power. There is also irrigation, heaters, a 3500 square foot barn, and an old sugar shack. It was listed for $845,000 as a turnkey business. It sold for $770,000.

Bears are waking up from their long winter's nap and making their way around the Capital Region.

Although no longer serving whoppers, this vacant BK has held up pretty well over time.

The dog was found earlier this month under some power lines.

Police were called to the scene by someone who found the dog on Friday

There is a new advocate for abused animals in Rensselaer County. It is a new law that is on the books as a registry to keep track and prosecute those who are repeat offenders. It is also designed to keep animals out of the hands of those who have been arrested for such heinous crimes.

New York’s Attorney General Letitia James is taking action. Attorney General James is suing the Rensselaer County Board of Elections for voter suppression.