Rochester NY

The Downtown Rochester Holiday Expo will take place on Monday, November 10, 2025, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Royal Park Hotel. The event will feature more than 60 local businesses. Attendees can browse a range of products and services suitable for holiday shopping.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The First Alert Weather Team has issued a Yellow Alert ahead of expected damaging wind gusts and lake effect thunderstorms later today. Winds will build ahead of a strong cold front, with gusts up to 45 MPH out of the west this afternoon, then once the front passes this evening the wind […]

GREECE, N.Y. — Local food pantries are stepping up to provide delivery options for those in need. The Greece Ecumenical Food Shelf is one of the few pantries offering delivery to people without transportation or who are homebound. Ashley Williams, a single mother of six, expressed her gratitude for the delivery...

A man is facing charges after Rochester Police say he kicked an officer who was putting him into a patrol car.

A 27-year-old is accused of drunk driving after a crash on Sunday on West Henrietta Road near Monroe Community College’s Applied Technology Center.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — New York’s annual holiday donation drive is back to help families in need — and you have a chance to help! The drive began on November 1, and multiple drop-off locations have opened up across the state. New Yorkers may visit these locations to donate unwrapped toys, coats, school supplies,...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The Rochester Police Department is seeking information from the public after a home was struck by gunfire on Clifton Street Monday morning. According to RPD, officers reportedly heard several shots fired as they were walking on Clifton Street and Reynolds Street in Rochester around 11:15 a.m....

Irondequoit, N.Y. — A Rochester family is grappling with the devastating loss of Kitana Kendrick, 30, who who was tragically killed by a stray bullet. Kendrick was an innocent bystander when an argument on Gothic Street escalated into gunfire Sunday just before 2 a.m., according to Rochester police. She was shot at...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Traffic is backed up on I-490 due to a car crash between the Culver and Winton exits. Emergency vehicles have two lanes on 490 Eastbound blocked off. News 8 crews say it appears a car crash resulted in a vehicle facing the wrong direction. It’s unknown what the cause of the […]

Rochester, N.Y. — The Rochester City School District hosted a winter coat giveaway Tuesday for students in need. Operation Warm Winter Coat at Dr. Freddie Thomas Middle School provided more than 800 coats to students in grades PreK - 6. The program aims to not only provide physical warmth...