Rochester NY

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) – St. John’s Home in Rochester will be celebrating the future Charlie and Kathy Runyon Dementia Care Center with a community gathering for dementia care on Sunday at 1 p.m. The event will have speakers, guided tours of the space, and a display of hearts where guests can honor their loved ones […]

Several vehicles have been spotted with broken windows overnight into Saturday.

Alta Vista is Rochester’s latest major housing project to come online, part of growth in the affordable, multifamily housing space spurred on by state funding. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a $25 billion, five-year housing plan back in 2022, with the intention of creating or preserving 100,000 affordable homes . There...

Rochester, N.Y. — The Monroe County Sheriff's Office said it is investigating two overnight armed robberies that appeared to be related. Deputy David Marcucci said employees at Wendy's on Jefferson Road in Henrietta called 911 shortly after 12:05 a.m. Friday to report a robbery at the drive-thru window. Deputies...

Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) — Jurors listened to pivotal new testimony from four witnesses Friday in the murder trial of a Honeoye Falls woman accused of killing her sister. Jamie Busch, then 53, strangled Penny Busch, 62, dumped her body in the Genesee River and hid three cellphones in a Dunkin' Donuts dumpster before...

An Upstate New York pawn shop owner will spend five years in federal prison for his role in a retail theft ring that netted more than $1.1 million worth of stolen merchandise over nearly three years. Dominic Sprague, 42, was sentenced to 60 months in prison after being convicted of...

A guilty plea in the case of a man who drove a U-Haul Truck into the Erie Canal during a police chase last year, killing his passenger. Ryan Armstrong pleaded guilty to manslaughter after leading officers on a pursuit. Police say he and another man were seen shoplifting from a...

Rochester, N.Y. (WROC) — Many of us are now waiting for – and perhaps dreading – the next energy bill, which will reflect the universal effort to heat our homes during this brutal stretch of cold weather. On top of the increased usage is rising energy costs. Cornell Professor Rick Geddes says that rise is […]

It was back on February 22 of 2024 when Victoria Nicole Vitale, age 32, was found dead from a suspected drug overdose at a residence at 439 Terry Drive in the Town of Farmington. An ongoing investigation by State Police out of Canandaigua discovered a more dire incident at play.

Time to add a Dierks Bentley Bentley concert to the Upstate New York calendar for summer 2026!