Familiar faces honor late greats at the Winter Fair kickoff

This year, the Great New York State Fair is hosting its seventh Winter Fair in the Expo Center. This year's theme is "Look to ...

Pepper spray accidentally discharged on attendee at Micron eviction public hearing

A man who attended the public hearing regarding the potential eviction of Azalia King, 91, had pepper spray discharged on him ...
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How much has prison staffing slumped across New York State?

A new report from the department overseeing the New York State prison system shows that as staffing has slumped over the past ...

Once He Was ‘Just Asking Questions.’ Now Tucker Carlson Is the Question.

The conservative commentator has further fractured the right with his anti-Israel rhetoric and sympathy for a white ...
NFL

Ross and Brooks break down New York Giants head coaching after firing Daboll

NFL network analysts Marc Ross and Bucky Brooks discuss the New York Giants coaching after firing former head coach Brian Daboll.
Black Enterprise

Jury Splits on Brooks Case: Single Guard Convicted As Two Colleagues Cleared

Brooks’ father, Robert Ricks, spoke out after the verdict, saying he thinks the judge got it wrong in letting two of the officers off “scott free.” The split verdict in the murder case of Robert ...
Uticaod

Plea deals, another trial: What's on tap in the Robert Brooks case

On Oct. 20, a jury handed down the verdict for David Kingsley, Mathew Galliher, and Nicholas Kieffer. Fisher successfully appealed for severance and is due back in court on Dec. 19 at 9:30 a.m., with ...
AOL

Plea deals, another trial: What's on tap in the Robert Brooks case

Though a jury found one of the three corrections officers in the Robert Brooks case guilty of second-degree murder on Oct. 20, there’s still one more case that has to go to court and rumblings of a ...
AOL

NY Prison Guard Guilty, 2 Others Acquitted In Murder Of Inmate Robert Brooks, Jury Finds

A jury convicted one former New York State corrections officer of murder in the 2024 beating death of inmate Robert Brooks, while acquitting two others of all charges. The verdict was delivered Monday ...
Times Union

Case of 3 prison officers charged with murder now goes to the jury

ALBANY — The attorneys for three former correction officers on trial for murder and manslaughter charges sought to convince a jury during their closing arguments on Wednesday that their clients were ...
Uticaod

Brooks beating trial heads to jury following closing arguments

If found guilty of their top charge, second-degree murder, all three corrections officers could be looking at life in state prison. Special Prosecutor William Fitzpatrick said Brooks's death happened ...
Times Union

Prosecutor calls prison officers 'a gang' as Marcy murder trial begins

An Oneida County jury began hearing testimony Tuesday at trial of three former correction officers implicated in beating death of Robert L. Brooks Former state Correction Officer Mathew Galliher, ...