Now 20, VanAlstyne is facing a sentence of 18 years to life, scheduled to appear in court in January.

ALBANY COUNTY — Derek Ellis, 28, of East Berne, died on Sunday, Nov. 29, after the truck he was driving went off the road and crashed.

Ellis’s truck crashed around 12:25 a.m. near the intersection of Albany-Shaker Road and Everett Road, according to the Colonie Police Department.

Keough spent six weeks training with the dog, going from basic obedience, to tracking, and setting up obstacles with explosives.

WESTERLO — Courtney Elizabeth McDermott and Eric Miles Markson were married on Sept. 21, 2015 on the pink sand beach of Stonehole Bay, Bermuda with close family and friends in attendance.

Nancy Frueh, secretary, Knox Historical Society

Nearly a year after the slain body of 5-year-old Kenneth White was found in a roadside snow bank in Knox, his cousin Tiffany VanAlstyne has pleaded guilty to murder.

Director Penny Shaw says there's a melancholy to the Toyland song, "Once you leave its borders you can never return again." But, she said, children can bring you back.

BERNE — John Morwin, 42, of Schenectady, was sentenced on Nov. 10 in Berne Town Court to 30 days in jail and three years of probation for first-offense driving while intoxicated, according to a release by the Albany County District Attorney’s office.

KNOX — Ronald F. Martin, an athlete and sports fan with a good sense of humor, died on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015, with his family by his side. He was 76.

Mr. Martin was born in Albany on Dec. 4, 1938, to the late Earl and Elizabeth Martin.