Rochester NY

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — An app called GreenPal is expanding services to Rochester, connecting users with local snow removal workers. The app connects users with pre-screened snow removal professionals. Users will be able to list their home that needs service and the desired date to be completed. The snow service...

The lawsuit accuses the state Office of Children and Family Services of using solitary confinement to punish juveniles and compensate for staffing shortages.

In a split-second decision, an Upstate New York man dove into freezing water earlier this month to rescue a baby deer fighting for its life. That’s what happened when 24-year-old Eric Shutter’s mother alerted him to a baby deer struggling in the frozen waters of Irondequoit Bay, just outside Rochester.

Nearly 24 firefighters battled a fire at a vacant home on Remington Street in Rochester Thursday evening.

Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) — Along the banks of the mighty Genesee River sits the oldest continually operating brewery in New York state: Genesee, founded in 1878. "A guy named Mathias Kondolf bought the brewery. He's the one who named it Genesee," said Genesee Brewery historian Paul Constantine. By the...

The towns of Canandaigua in Ontario County and Chili in Monroe County have been named New York State Towns of Excellence, earning gold designations from the New York Association of Towns and joining 11 other towns statewide to receive the recognition in the program’s inaugural year. The Towns of Excellence Program...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Actor and comedian Damon Wayans Jr. is coming to Rochester! Wayans is scheduled to perform a total of 5 shows between August 7 and August 9 at Comedy @ The Carlson. Coming from a family of notable comedians, including his father, Damon Wayans Sr., he has made his own path in […]

Police arrested a man after officers tracked down a suspect accused of cashing a forged check at a local bank. Seneca Falls police arrested Michael Desino, 33, of Greece, on a felony arrest warrant around 12:06 p.m. Jan. 14. Officers charged him with forgery in the second degree, criminal possession of a forged...

— Rochester, N.Y. — Police are asking for help finding a missing 1-year-old girl and her mother, who does not have legal custody of the child. Police said Eyvonne Carter, 37, did not return 1-year-old Emaya Carter following a visitation Wednesday night. They were last seen seen at a...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Art Rogers, owner and chef of Lento, a restaurant tucked into Village Gate in Rochester, took to Facebook recently with a message to his customers. He told them last year was a hard one, with economic worries keeping people at home and a trend away from alcohol dampening bar sales. In […]