Rochester NY

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Businessman and philanthropist Tom Golisano has gifted the Mary Cariola Foundation $25 million to transform education and services for its students. The Mary Cariola Center is an organization that provides programs for people who have complex disabilities through education, community...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The Office of Cannabis Management has proposed new rules which would impact how dispensaries and cannabis businesses can advertise. News 8’s Adelisa Badzic spoke with a dispensary in Rochester, who said this could be a step in the wrong direction. But, OCM said the goal behind all of this, is...

Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) — Carol and Stephen Hallenbeck have been waiting for more than three years to face the person accused of killing their son James. "It was tough seeing his face," Carol said. "This is the first time I've seen him." "We've lived with it for a long...

Deputies arrested a Rochester man Thursday after a purse snatching incident at Finger Lakes Gaming and Racetrack in Farmington. Ontario County Sheriff’s deputies say Duane C. Adams III, 22, was taken into custody just before 2:30 p.m. He was arrested at the Rochester Parole Office on South Avenue and is facing...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Brighton police are investigating the death of a Rochester man found unresponsive Wednesday afternoon. Officers were dispatched just before 4:30 p.m. to the area of Elmwood Avenue and Lac De Ville Boulevard, where they discovered 25-year-old Jordan Burroughs, who was pronounced dead at the...

WEBSTER, N.Y. — More than 84,000 people saw News10NBC’s story on YouTube about explosive sounds in Webster and one of them, a Florida woman, told Chief Investigative Reporter Berkeley Brean she hears the same thing. Nikki Cheong lives in Tampa and has been experiencing similar sounds in Temple Terrace since 2017....

The YMCA of Greater Rochester previously announced it was not included in the SilverSneakers wellness program offerings for 2026. Word of the agreement came Wednesday.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Rochester Police say a man currently on parole told them he was shot in the ankle during an attempted robbery. Police say on Thursday evening, they responded to Eddy Street for a report of a person shot during an attempted robbery. When they got there, they say they found a 36-year-old who […]

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — After dealing with a massive fire near the Uneeda Tire Shop on Hudson Avenue, the Rochester Fire Department are trying to look into what caused it. According to the Rochester Fire Department, they received a report of a building fire. They saw two tractor-trailers and a pile of tires on fire....

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A 19-year-old was found guilty of murder and attempted murder Thursday for the death of Jermaine Wilkins. In February 2023, prosecutors say Kyelon Marbury shot and killed Wilkins while he was outside in the area of Denver and Melville Street. Wilkins lived in Buffalo, but was visiting family in...