A look at the week's top newsmakers, all in under 7 minutes. Here's some of the notable newsmakers making headlines for the week of April 5th - April 11th:

*Local authorities say they caught up with and arrested four suspects in two different bank robbery cases that happened within two hours of each other.

*State police bust two men with more than $6,000 worth of cocaine and other drug paraphernalia.

*18-year-old Darnell Howard will be spending 6 years behind bars for his role in the beating of a Utica Police Officer.

*The Clinton teenager accused of stabbing his grandfather to death in January has entered a plea of "not responsible by reason of mental disease or defect."

*A Herkimer man is facing charges of sexual abuse and rape for incidents that allegedly occurred with minors.

*One of the four men charged in the cueball beating death of Carl Hill was sentenced in Oneida County Court this week.

*Oneida County Sheriff's have arrested a Utica man who was allegedly stealing car transmissions from an auto parts distributor.

*One of the teens involved in the firing of a gun on a Holland Patent school bus back in November took a guilty plea in Oneida County Court this week.

*Herkimer County firefighters now have another way to be notified of fires or other emergencies they need to respond to.

*44 Clinton School District students took part in their school's board meeting this week.