Rochester NY

Rochester Police and firefighters are searching for a suspect seen on camera lighting fires in downtown Rochester.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A new twist on the classic night-out experience is arriving at Eastview Mall, where InTune Supper Club is opening its doors with a blend of dining, live music and a throwback sense of occasion rarely found in the region’s entertainment scene. The venue, positioned as the only supper club of...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — More details have been revealed about this year’s Rochester Lilac Festival. For the first time, the festival in Highland Park will feature a premium food and drink tasting event. The Lilac Table: A Tasting Collective will take place on Saturday, May 16, the second-to-last day of the festival....

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Greece Town Supervisor Jeff McCann is moving to eliminate a set of management‑level perks that he says have cost Greece taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars and undermined trust in local government. The proposal, which goes before the Town Board on Feb. 19, targets a series of policy...

UPDATE (Wednesday, Feb. 11): 'Suspicious condition' in Penfield was criminal trespassing, police say.

Irondequoit, N.Y. — A fight between customers at a plasma donation center led to a stabbing Wednesday, according to the Irondequoit Police Department. Officers responded to Octapharma Plasma at East Ridge Road and Hudson Avenue around 1 p.m. for a report of a stabbing. Police said two 40-year-old men...

A civil rights organization is calling for change after an Upstate New York school district had students play former enslaved people in a lesson about sharecropping. The New York Civil Liberties Union is expressing serious concerns about a class simulation in September 2025 in the Le Roy Central School District that...

Workers at the Pearl Nursing Center, along with community advocates and elected officials, gathered on Portland Avenue to express their concerns over staffing levels, pay, benefits, and working conditions. The union contract for more than 80 workers expired nearly nine months ago, and 1199SEIU members said...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — National Soccer Hall of Fame star and Rochester native Abby Wambach said she has left the Wasserman Agency, citing concerns after reviewing correspondence connected to the Epstein files and calling for the company’s leader to step down. In a statement posted to Instagram, Wambach said she...

Henrietta, N.Y. - Several homes in Henrietta were evacuated on Tuesday after a gas leak. The Henrietta Fire District says around 6:15 p.m., they responded to the area of Camelot Drive and Farnsworth Road for the report of a strong odor of natural gas. They say they were able to...