Rochester NY

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Issues at Monroe County DMVs continue to frustrate drivers.  At 10 a.m. on Monday, people signing in at the downtown Rochester location were warned of wait times ranging from 7-8 ½ hours.  The Monroe County DMV put in place a new check-in system at local DMVs a few months ago. Then, the […]

A truck rolled over during a crash on I-590 in Irondequoit on Monday morning, damaging its front.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The Rochester Police Department is investigating a shooting that left a teen with life-threatening injuries on Monday evening. Around 6 p.m., officers responded to the 100 block of Wellington Avenue in the City of Rochester for a report of a person shot. According to police, when they arrived...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A senior at Churchville-Chili High School is being honored for helping a student who passed out on the way to the bathroom. Kaitlyn Pozzuolo is one of the recipients of the Do the Right Thing award. Kaitlyn was walking in the hall when she saw the student passed out from hitting their head and face....

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — When someone vanishes, the first instinct is urgency — call the police, track the phone, check the bank account. But in adult missing person cases, it’s not always that simple. Jaquan McCoggle, 26, has been missing from Rochester since November. He lived with his...

WEBSTER, N.Y. — More women have been banned from prison visits after body scanners mistakenly identified medical devices as contraband. Mary Kay Hargather demonstrated at her home in Webster how she was asked to turn sideways and lift her arms inside a prison body scanner. The scan showed a mass in her chest. A...

A Georgia man was sentenced to serve 34 months in prison for his role in a multistate check fraud scheme that targeted financial institutions across Western New York, U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced. Lorenzo Jones, 38, of Atlanta, was convicted of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — On Sunday around 8:30 p.m., the Rochester Police Department said the responded to Brown Street after getting a report of a stabbing from a fight. When officers arrived, they found a Rochester male, 34, who was stabbed in the upper body. The victim as taken to...

IRONDEQUOIT, N.Y. (WROC) — Little Bits Coffee Roasters in West Irondequoit will donate the proceeds made from their brewed coffee on Sunday to a family in need. Funds will go towards a GoFundMe to help the family involved in the Gates crash that claimed the life of a six-month-old baby. Little Bits owner Cayli Magar...

Seated on a stool in the backroom kitchen of Malek’s Bakery, head baker Tom Quinn’s hands move with rapid precision, interlacing strands of dough to form loaf after loaf of challah. “Should I do it blindfolded?” he asks as a reporter looks on, drawing laughter from two others...