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Rochester, N.Y. — A jury found a woman guilty of all charges Tuesday in a murder trial for the killing of her sister in Honeoye Falls in 2024. Jamie Busch, then 53, strangled her sister, Penny Busch, 62, dumped her body in the Genesee River and hid three cellphones in a Dunkin' Donuts' dumpster before the body was...

Brockport, N.Y. — A tractor-trailer stuck under a bridge slowed traffic Tuesday morning on Brockport's Main Street. The tractor-trailer got stuck under a railroad bridge between College Street and the five-way intersection at Park Avenue, Fair Street and Adams Street. A crew was working to remove the truck from...

Rochester, N.Y. — A former Irondequoit former town assessor has pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct. Anthony Costanza previously pleaded not guilty to official misconduct and violating town code. The details of the allegations were unclear, but Costanza previously denied any wrongdoing. Costanza reached the guilty...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Dozens of family members and friends filled a stretch of Joseph Avenue on Tuesday evening for a balloon release honoring two people killed in a rollover crash earlier this week. The vigil followed a crash that happened in the overnight hours Sunday on Joseph Avenue. According to the Rochester...

Penfield, N.Y. — The Monroe County Sheriff's Office is investigating a violent altercation Tuesday afternoon at the Wegmans on Penfield Road. Deputies responded to the store around 3 p.m. and determined two men got into a fight near the cash registers, resulting in one of them suffering a laceration to the face from...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A jury has found Jamie Busch guilty of killing her sister and dumping her body in the Genesee River following a weeks-long trial in Monroe County Court. Jamie Busch was convicted of second-degree murder and two counts of tampering with physical evidence in the death of her sister, Penny...

Goodwill of the Finger Lakes announced Tuesday it will open a new location in Chili this April. Scheudled to open Friday, April 10, the location will be Goodwill’s eighth store in Monroe County and 16th in upstate New York. The store will be located in the former Big Lots...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A man, 31, is recovering after being stabbed inside an apartment on Monday night on West Main Street between Jefferson Avenue and Genesee Street. Rochester Police say they’re still looking for the suspect, who ran away after the stabbing. Officers responded just before 10:30 p.m. and found the man...

New York State Police have identified the man involved in a trooper-involved shooting earlier this month in the town of Rochester as Benjamin Scism, 33, of Accord. Scism remains in critical condition at Westchester Medical Center, according to State Police. He has been charged with fourth-degree criminal possession...

Rochester, N.Y. - Two people who died after a crash on the city's north side were honored on Tuesday with a balloon release. Officers say they pulled two people out of a heavily damaged vehicle on Joseph Avenue near Kelly Street on Sunday. The man and woman later died in the hospital.