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NY TV Anchor Suspended After Appearing Out Of Sorts On Air NY TV Anchor Suspended After Appearing Out Of Sorts On Air
NY TV Anchor Suspended After Appearing Out Of Sorts On Air A weekend news anchor in New York has been taken off the air after appearing disheveled and slurring her words during a live broadcast that left many viewers stunned and concerned. The now-viral performance happened during CBS 6 in Albany's  6 p.m. broadcast on Saturday, July 9. Video posted on Mediaite shows Heather Kovar appearing frazzled right from the start, struggling to get through a story about a natural gas explosion in Oklahoma. Viewers expressing concern over train wreck of local evening newscast out of Albany. Anchor Heather Kovar appeared disheveled, misspoke, and slurred …

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by Michael Mashburn
News
Ex-NY Resident Admits To Multi-State Money Laundering Conspiracy Ex-NY Resident Admits To Multi-State Money Laundering Conspiracy
Ex-NY Resident Admits To Multi-State Money Laundering Conspiracy A former New York man could spend years in federal prison after admitting that he laundered tens of thousands of dollars in fraudulent unemployment insurance benefits in a scheme involving numerous states. Christopher Vandermark, age 57, formerly of Gansevoort in Saratoga County, pleaded guilty to money laundering conspiracy in federal court in Albany on Tuesday, June 28. Federal prosecutors said Vandermark spent more than a year texting a North Carolina woman who directed him to open multiple bank accounts and give her the associated routing numbers. Between June 2020 and April 2021, the …

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by Michael Mashburn
News
Attempted Murder Convict Who Fled Capital District Court Before Verdict Found Dead Attempted Murder Convict Who Fled Capital District Court Before Verdict Found Dead
Attempted Murder Convict Who Fled Capital District Court Before Verdict Found Dead A New York man convicted of attempted murder who later fled an Albany courthouse before that verdict could be read has been found dead in Florida. Albany resident Michael Green, age 36, fatally shot himself Thursday night, June 23, following a 5-hour standoff with Orlando police, according to the Albany County District Attorney's Office. A jury had convicted Green of attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon on Friday, June 10, stemming from a drive-by shooting at a home on Old Loudon Road in Colonie in April 2020. He was out on $100,000 bond at the time of the trial and had app…

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by Michael Mashburn
News
Convicted Murderer Found Guilty Of Threatening Cops With Knife In Capital District Convicted Murderer Found Guilty Of Threatening Cops With Knife In Capital District
Convicted Murderer Found Guilty Of Threatening Cops With Knife In Capital District A convicted murderer serving a life sentence has been found guilty of threatening police with a knife during an attempted arrest in the region. Najahliek Edmunds, age 26, of Albany, was arrested in October 2018 in Columbia County by Hudson Police. Officers had been called to the Hudson Terrace Apartments on Front Street for a domestic violence incident and encountered Edmunds holding a large kitchen knife, according to the Columbia County District Attorney’s Office. He was standing in a dark room and threatened officers with the knife, police said. Edmunds was eventually arrested without …

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by Michael Mashburn
Obituaries
'Always Smiling': Hundreds Turn Out To Honor Teen Who Drowned In Hudson River 'Always Smiling': Hundreds Turn Out To Honor Teen Who Drowned In Hudson River
'Always Smiling': Hundreds Turn Out To Honor Teen Who Drowned In Hudson River Matthew Billetts died doing what he loved most: fishing. The Albany-area high school student died Monday, June 13, at the age of 16 after falling into the Hudson River at Hudson Shores Park, according to Watervliet Police. Billetts, a Watervliet High School junior who had a rare form of epilepsy called sunflower syndrome, suffered a seizure and lost consciousness before falling into the water and drowning, his family told the Albany Times Union. Earlier report: Watervliet HS Student Dies After Falling Into Hudson River A dive team located the boy a short time later and tried resuscitatin…

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by Michael Mashburn
News
Driver In Lake George Crash That Killed Boy, Stepdad Lacked Motorcycle License, Report Says Driver In Lake George Crash That Killed Boy, Stepdad Lacked Motorcycle License, Report Says
Driver In Lake George Crash That Killed Boy, Stepdad Lacked Motorcycle License, Report Says The man accused of causing a deadly motorcycle crash in Lake George that killed a young boy and his stepfather was not even supposed to be operating the bike, CBS 6 in Albany reports. Anthony Futia, age 33, of Albany, did not have a valid motorcycle license at the time of the crash and had previous license suspensions, the outlet reports. Earlier report: Two, Including 8-Year-Old, Killed After Vehicle Crashes Onto Paved Bike Path In Lake George Futia also has a criminal history with convictions for grand larceny and assault, according to CBS 6. He had completed the terms of h…

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by Michael Mashburn
News
HS Student Dies After Falling Into Hudson River HS Student Dies After Falling Into Hudson River
HS Student Dies After Falling Into Hudson River Classmates are mourning the death of a high school student who died after falling into the Hudson River. Albany County resident Matthew Billetts, age 16, died Monday afternoon, June 13, according to a statement from the Watervliet City School District. He had been fishing with a friend and apparently suffered an unknown medical episode when he fell off the dock at Hudson Shores Park, News 10 ABC in Albany reports. It took dive teams nearly an hour to recover the boy’s body, the outlet reports. Billetts was a junior at Watervliet Jr.-Sr. High School. His death came just 11 days before the …

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Two, Including 8-Year-Old, Killed After Vehicle Crashes Onto Paved Bike Path In Lake George Two, Including 8-Year-Old, Killed After Vehicle Crashes Onto Paved Bike Path In Lake George
Two, Including 8-Year-Old, Killed After Vehicle Crashes Onto Paved Bike Path In Lake George Click here for an updated story: Driver In Lake George Crash That Killed Boy, Stepdad Lacked Motorcycle License, Report Says Two pedestrians, including a child, were killed after a vehicle went off the road and crashed onto a bike path in Lake George, according to New York State Police. The crash happened on Sunday, June 12, 2022, at about 3:40 p.m. on Route 9 near the Lake George Expedition Park in the town of Lake George. A preliminary investigation determined that a motorcycle was heading north on Route 9 at a high rate of speed when it went off the east shoulder of the ro…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
NY Woman's Lost Dog Found By Actress Hilary Swank NY Woman's Lost Dog Found By Actress Hilary Swank
NY Woman's Lost Dog Found By Actress Hilary Swank A New York woman whose dog went missing was beginning to lose all hope when an unlikely hero emerged - actress Hilary Swank, the New York Post reports. Chelsea Blackwell, of Albany, said she had frantically driven all over the city looking for her elder dachshund, Blue, after the animal went missing Monday, June 6. She eventually wound up at a Greyhound bus station where the Million Dollar Baby star was filming scenes for an upcoming movie, the outlet reports. After asking around for the dog, crew members reportedly told Blackwell that "a celebrity" had found the missing dog. An hour…

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by Michael Mashburn
News
City Council Member In Capital District Admits To Casting Ballots In Others' Names City Council Member In Capital District Admits To Casting Ballots In Others' Names
City Council Member In Capital District Admits To Casting Ballots In Others' Names A city council member in New York's Capital District has pleaded guilty to identity theft after sending in absentee ballots using other people’s names. Kimberly McPherson, age 61, of Troy, copped to the charges Wednesday, June 8, in federal court in Albany. Along with her plea, she agreed to resign from the Troy City Council, according to the US Attorney’s Office in the North District. Prosecutors said McPherson illegally cast an absentee ballot using the name of another person in the 2021 primary election. She did the same thing again, twice, in the general election, prosecutors said. M…

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by Michael Mashburn
News
Capital District Courthouse Evacuated After Protester Releases Cockroaches Capital District Courthouse Evacuated After Protester Releases Cockroaches
Capital District Courthouse Evacuated After Protester Releases Cockroaches Proceedings at a New York courthouse came grinding to a halt after a protester released scores of cockroaches inside a courtroom. It happened Tuesday morning, June 7, at Albany City Court. During an arraignment of four people who were previously arrested at the Capitol, a protester released hundreds of cockroaches that had been brought in plastic containers, according to Lucian Chalfen, a spokesperson for the state Office of Court Administration. Chalfen provided a photo to Daily Voice showing several of the insects on the ground next to a bed of lettuce and dirt. The incident forced an e…

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by Michael Mashburn
News
COVID-19: CDC Now Recommends Wearing Masks Indoors In These 16 NY Counties COVID-19: CDC Now Recommends Wearing Masks Indoors In These 16 NY Counties
Covid-19: CDC Now Recommends Wearing Masks Indoors In These 16 NY Counties Mask mandates in New York are being eased by federal health officials following the surge of new infections in early spring. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its guidance on mask-wearing to concentrate on COVID-19 hospitalizations, hospital capacity, and newly reported infections, leaving most of the state being encouraged to return to wearing facial coverings indoors. With the state's seven-day average COVID-19 positivity rate at 6.73 percent as of Thursday, June 2, according to Gov. Kathy Hochul, and hospitalizations on the decline, many counties in New York ar…

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by Zak Failla