Rochester NY

The Rochester region is still dealing with flooded roads and creeks on Wednesday. We saw a car slip on St. Paul Street.

We left Rochester early on a bright, sunlit, but sharply cold late March Saturday. The kind of cold that still carries winter inside it, even when the light suggests something gentler. I was traveling with my father, a lifelong admirer of Frank Lloyd Wright. For both of us, this was...

Police arrested a Canandaigua resident following a traffic stop on Center Street. Jonathon Pritchard, 28, was charged with driving while intoxicated after officers observed him driving the wrong way on Coach Street. The stop occurred at about 7:42 p.m. on March 20. Officers reported Pritchard showed signs of...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Local leaders are seeking $35 million in state funding from the upcoming state budget for a long-awaited project to turn a former oil refinery into a public park. The project, part of the City of Rochester’s “Restore the Shore” initiative, aims to clean up the old Vacuum Oil refinery plant near...

IRONDEQUOIT, N.Y. — The Irondequoit Town Board unanimously voted to declare the 519 Plaza on East Ridge Road a public nuisance. Irondequoit police said officers have responded to the plaza more than 600 times in 10 years for burglaries, criminal mischief and homicide. There was a deadly stabbing inside the now-closed...

Two Palmyra residents are facing multiple animal cruelty charges after deputies say they discovered dozens of dogs living in unsanitary conditions inside a Town of Arcadia home. The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office reported that Meghan E. Vitaro, 24, and Dominic S. Vitaro, 80, were arrested March 27 following an...

The Rochester region is still dealing with flooding on Wednesday after several rounds of heavy rain.

Penfield, N.Y. — A parolee faces charges following a fight that injured another man at Wegmans on Penfield Road. Tyshaun Radcliffe, 28, got into a fight with another man near the store's cash registers Feb. 24, cutting the man in the face with a "sharp instrument," according to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.

FAIRPORT, N.Y. — The Piano Man himself is showing some love for a local singer competing on NBC’s “The Voice.” Billy Joel posted on Facebook on Tuesday, saying “From the Big City to The Voice stage – Lucas West brings us that New York State of Mind!” That’s the song the Fairport native sang to […]

Deputies arrested an Amherst resident following a report of a reckless driver at a business on County Road 8 in Farmington. Delores Bradley, 78, was charged with second-degree reckless endangerment, reckless endangerment of property and multiple traffic violations. Officers responded at about 10:14 a.m. on March 27...