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Chicago and REO Speedwagon will return to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 31, Live Nation has announced.Tickets are $29.50 ($88 for limited advance four-packs) or $39.50-$129.50 and go on sale at 12 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9, at LiveNation.com, Ticketmaster.com or 1-800-745-3000.

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The National Ballet of Cuba will make its Capital Region debut this summer, performing at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in an American tour limited to five locations.
The troupe's SPAC appearances — three performances of "Giselle" in early June — will open the summer arts venue's 2018 season, which also includes the full programming announcements for Philadelphia Orchestra, New York City Ballet and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

Roads and sidewalks are covered in slush around the region. Smart drivers and pedestrians should watch for ice as the temperature drops below freezing Monday morning.The temperature hovered around 30 degrees before sunrise and forecasters say the mercury should drop into the teens as the day moves on.

A Guilderland man will be sentence Monday morning to up to 25 years in state prison for raping a University of Albany student in her dorm room.

Columbia High School will be closed Monday, Feb.  5, due to a ruptured water pipe. Students and staff should not report.Announced by the East Greenbush Central School District on its website and Twitter feeds, the closing will not affect other schools in the district.Buses will still run for private and parochial students who transfer at Columbia.

Disgraced lobbyist Todd Howe's testimony at Joseph Percoco's bribery trial may shatter a "house of lies" this week.Exactly whose house depends on your point of view in the case.

A 53-year-old Hartford man is facing a felony charge after he turned himself into Washington County Sheriff deputies for allegedly having sexual contact with an underage girl.

Subrina Dhammi and the WNYT morning news show have been the news the last several months.First, Dhammi was on leave for several months.

North Greenbush police are searching for a jewel thief that they say should be considered "armed and dangerous."Police say a man, identified as Charlie P. Hardt, 26, walked in to Jewelry by Don Cook at 1 Agway Dr. at about 2:30 p.m. on Saturday.Hardt stole merchandise from the store and did have a weapon on him at the time but no one was injured, police said. After that he broke into a nearby home and stole a car as a getaway vehicle, which police found in Albany a few minutes later.

A winter weather advisory has been issued for areas east of Albany and north of Saratoga Springs until Monday morning as snow could accumulate up to eight inches in some spots.The National Weather Service says eastern Schenectady and Albany counties, as well as northern Saratoga County, could get between three to six inches of snow Sunday, with localized totals possibly topping between six to eight inches.Southern Greene County, and Schoharie and Montgomery counties are also under the weather advisory.