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The boyfriend of a Troy woman who was last seen alive in November 2020 has been charged with her murder more than a year after the woman’s body was found in the trunk of an abandoned car in Queens, Kareem Flake, 30, was arraigned Wednesday on charges including murder and kidnapping in the death of 26-year-old Destini Smothers, a mother of two from Troy whose body was found March 10, 2021.

Tickets will be refunded where you bought them for last nights canceled Dead & Company show at SPAC. According to WNYT, John Mayer posted on Instagram a short time later that his father was in a New York City hospital with a medical emergency. No other dates are expected to be affected.

Chandler Hickenbottom, a Saratoga Black Lives Matter Activist, turned herself into New York State Police on Wednesday. She is being charged with criminal mischief , stemming from an incident that occurred during a protest in late April at the Target in Clifton Park, concerning a 14 year old boy, thought to have autism, being tackled by a deputy.

A Saratoga County man is charged with sexual abuse against four kids. Acording to WNYT, 56 year old Crim Trerise of Middle Grove was as sent to the Saratoga County Jail in lieu of bail. He’s due back in court in August. Investigators say the alleged abuse happened between 2015 and 2017. They say three of the kids were younger than 13, and one was younger than 14.

It turns out, based on annual paid attendance, the Saratoga Race Course draws more people every year than the Knicks, the Nets, the Islanders, the Rangers, and the Buffalo Bills. WNYT reports the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce crunched the numbers for the 40 days of racing at Saratoga, comparing attendance to 41 games each for the Knicks, Nets, Islanders and Rangers, and eight home games for the Bills.

Update on that Clifton Park apartment complex fire we told you about from Monday. Authorities say at least 20 people are without a place to live, after a large fire tore through the Mohawk Terrace Apartments. There were 24 units in the building. Twenty-two of them were occupied. All got out safely. No word still on a cause.

He walked free for three and a half years after he was sentenced for shooting his neighbor. Now a Moreau man is finally heading to prison. WNYT reports 29 year old Joey Castro was sentenced back in December 2018 for firing eight shots from an assault rifle into Mike Desnoyers’ garage. One of the bullets went through Desnoyers’ spine, leaving him confined to a wheelchair.

Saratoga Springs police are investigating after a bomb threat at Skidmore College shut down the Case Center on campus for some of Monday afternoon. There was a call made about a possible explosive device on campus and those who were in the student activity center were evacuated as a search was conducted. Nothing was found.

The “Firecracker 4” road race hit the streets of Saratoga Springs Monday morning. Nearly 3,000 runners took part this year while spectators got to enjoy live music along the course. The race and the festivities alongside it wrapped up late afternoon.

A fire broke out Monday afternoon at a big living space in Clifton Park. According to WNYT, it happened at the Mohawk Terrace Apartments on Crescent Vischer Ferry Road and fire crews managed to contain the flames to just one building. No word on injuries and the investigation into a cause continues.