Rochester NY

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Heavy rainfall and flooded roadways created dangerous driving conditions across the Rochester area on Tuesday. News 8’s Leah Mallory spoke with drivers and business owners about what they saw as water pooled on roads during the morning storms. Around 7:30 a.m., several inches of water covered...

Henrietta, N.Y. — The Monroe County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in the search for a missing teenager. Emerson Robinson, 18, of Henrietta was last seen Monday around 12 p.m. in the area of South Winton and Jefferson roads, the sheriff's office said. Robinson was last...

A man is recovering after being hit by a car on Lyell Avenue on Monday. Rochester Police say it happened just before 1 a.m., and the driver stayed at the scene.

A woman in upstate New York discovered a rare World War II identification tag that belonged to an Army veteran born in Boston. The find has prompted a search to return it to the family of Raymond Doran, who died in 1961. The tag was found by Elyssa Rossi along...

Rochester, N.Y. — The Rochester City Planning Commission revisited a proposal Monday to build a Verizon cellphone tower on the city's northeast side. The company has applied for a second time to install a 60-foot wireless telecommunication tower at 936-952 Portland Avenue, where Joey's Auto Repairs is currently...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The Rochester Fire Department is responding to a Sunoco gas station on West Main Street in Rochester on Tuesday. At least two fire engines and one police vehicle are in front of the gas station. It is not confirmed what led to the response from police and firefighters. Stay with News […]

Former Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Rachael Hill Honig is leaving her $300,00-a-year compliance job at Rutgers University to become the new general counsel at the University of Rochester. “Her background at a large, multifaceted research institution, combined with her extensive experience in the US Attorney’s...

Rochester, N.Y. — Police are asking for help finding a missing teen. Sanyla Burris-Garcia-Morales, 14, was last seen walking on Joseph Avenue near Wilkins Street in Rochester around 6 p.m. Monday, according to the New York State Missing Persons Clearinghouse. Authorities said she is endangered and possibly in need...

HONEOYE FALLS, N.Y. — In Honeoye Falls, Tuesday’s weather has the waterfall on Honeoye Creek raging. Rick Milne, the mayor of Honeoye Falls, said there isn’t much concern about flooding unless the water starts to reach the village office, a brick building next to the falls. The falls were crashing down rapidly,...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) – The Rochester area’s first Yemeni-style coffee shop is expanding at Citygate Plaza. Albunn Coffee House’s second storefront is now open near the intersection of East Henrietta and Westfall Roads. The original location opened on East Avenue last spring and is still serving customers today. “We...