Rochester NY

UPDATE (Thursday, March 12): Police said Hicks was found and is safe. Webster, N.Y. — Police are asking for the public's help in the search for a missing teenage girl. Peyton Hicks, 16, was last seen Tuesday at 8 p.m., according to the Webster Police Department. Her last known whereabouts were not provided.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — At a time when families across the Rochester region are stretching every dollar, Congressman Joe Morelle delivered a blunt warning Thursday: the need for food assistance is rising fast, and Washington’s new rules may only make things harder. Morelle, speaking before dozens of food pantry...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Chad Campbell, the man convicted in a double murder in 1990, has been released. The NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision updated Campbell’s custody status as “released.” The latest release date is listed as “03/12/26 PAROLE DIV OF PAROLE.” He had been in custody since...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A statue of the Virgin Mary that had been taken from a grotto outside a Rochester church has been recovered and returned to parish leaders, church officials said. The statue was removed from the grotto at Holy Cross Church in Rochester, leaving parishioners concerned and prompting prayers...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Over $125,000 worth of counterfeit items were seized at the Ports of Rochester and Buffalo between February and March. According to Customs and Border Protection investigators, they inspected multiple shipments that appeared to contain designer items like watches, jewelry, handbags, and...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Following an animal cruelty investigation, a Genesee County man has been arrested. On March 9, 31-year-old Emmett Antonio James Sherlock was arrested by the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office after an animal cruelty investigation on Lima Road in Geneseo. It is alleged that Sherlock abandoned and...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — During the PGA Championship at Oak Hill in 2023, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office was tasked with keeping the skies above the golf course safe. “During that we had the ability to detect and find the operators of the drones and I think the first day we made contact with 9 […]

Chad Campbell, the man convicted of murdering a teenage girl and an infant in Wayne County back in 1990, has been released on parole, records show.

Newark, N.Y. — New York State Police arrested a Wayne County man following an investigation into the online exploitation of a minor. The probe into Brayden Bergfjord, 20, of Ontario began Sept. 24, 2025 after the Newark Police Department was notified of inappropriate online communications between Bergfjord and a...

The Wood Brothers and JJ Grey & Mofro added five co-headlining shows to their summer plans. The bands will first team up in Salt Lake City on July 10 at a venue to be announced before reconnecting at the end of July for joint performances in Massachusetts and New York.