A close look at Joyce Mitchell’s troubled, isolated life in upstate New York, where she is still remembered negatively a decade after the notorious escape from Dannemora
Life After Shawshank: Joyce Mitchell’s Low Profile Joyce Mitchell seems to be living a secluded life in upstate New York, as new photos reveal her current situation. In the quiet town of Dickinson, her neighbor, Lyle, and her husband are rarely seen, leaving residents to speculate. “She doesn’t come around much,” noted Connie Paquin, owner […]
Teen in Upstate NY accused of killing his 14-year-old girlfriend after she claimed she was pregnant.
Prosecutors allege that a teenager in upstate New York has been accused of murdering his 14-year-old girlfriend after she revealed she was pregnant, stating “has nothing to do with the baby.” Now 17, he faces double murder charges more than two years after the body of his former girlfriend, Samantha Humphrey, was recovered from the […]
Investigators detail the last moments of the upstate New York plane crash that claimed the life of former college soccer player Karenna Groff and her family.
Federal agents have detailed the tragic final moments of a plane crash in upstate New York last month that claimed the lives of two families: one from Massachusetts and another on their way to the Catskills to celebrate a birthday and Passover. The victims included Karen Nagroff, a former MIT soccer player who was recognized […]
Rep. Elise Stefanik blasts upstate NY school district for ‘defying’ Trump’s order on trans athletes, DEI
Rep. Elise Stefanik warned that federal funds could be in crisis as he blasted New York schools’ “gender expansion” policies and contradicted President Trump’s senior leadership on transgender athletes in women’s sports. An Upstate Republican said Saratoga Springs rebutted the orders for the “diversity, equity and inclusion” program when he passed a resolution earlier this […]
High school student loses entire family in upstate New York plane crash
The life of a senior high school student has entered a tragedy after the entire family was killed in a crash crash in an upstate New York private jet on Saturday. Annika Groef did not accompany her family on a plane that tragically crashed in Copeki near the Massachusetts border. Her parents, neuroscientist Michael Groff […]
Upstate NY teacher placed on paid leave after accidentally giving students THC edibles
School officials say a teacher at a public school in Buffalo, New York, was placed on administrative leave after accidentally giving two students ingredients they mistakenly mistaken for regular candy. PS 79 teacher William J. Gravure’s School of Excellence offered gummies disguised as marijuana on April 1st to students disguised as regular sour patch kids. […]
FAA investigating upstate New York plane crash with 6 people on board
Authorities are investigating after a plane carrying six people crashed in a nearby muddy field Kopeki, New YorkSaturday afternoon. a Mitsubishi mu-2b According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), we headed to Columbia County Airport in Hudson, New York, where we crashed around 12:15pm local time. The Columbia County Sheriff's office vehicle responded to the […]
Horse rescued from icy pond in upstate New York
Confined to an icy pond in Northern New York, the horse is dramatically saved from the frigid water by a team of police officers and neighbors in rescues photographed with cameras. Video of the Saratoga Springs Police Station bodycam shows rescuers struggling to get a horse named Sly on Monday. Sly, a 1,300-pound 22-year-old quarter […]
Late-night snowmobile pile up on frozen upstate NY lake leaves one dead: ‘A tragic accident’
According to state police, a late-night snowmobile by a group of friends ended in a tragedy with mountains piled up on frozen Upstate Lake over the weekend. Spencer Schmidt of Batavia was on board with four friends each before 3am on Sunday, just before the group was slammed into another abandoned snowmobile at the fourth […]
Ex-con charged with shooting Bronx dad over parking spot did time for 1997 upstate murder
He did it before. The 46-year-old ex-con man who fired his beloved Bronx father in a parking lot on Sunday, went to 24 years in prison for the cold-blooded murder of a Schenectady man almost 30 years ago. Ta. Lavar Davis was only 18 years old when he shot and killed 22-year-old Floyd Berkeley on […]