Rochester NY

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Buffalo, NY – Commuters across Western New York are facing hazardous travel conditions today as lake-effect snow continues to impact multiple counties, with several inches of accumulation expected and...

FAIRPORT, N.Y. (WROC) — The bridge replacement project on State Route 250 in Fairport has been completed. The $3.4 million project paused traffic in the North Main Street area on April 11 of last year. At the time, officials said they planned for the construction to take four months. The roadway was reopened on Nov....

Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) — As frigid temperatures persist, experts are urging residents to take preventive measures against frozen pipes. According to AAA, sudden temperature drops, poor insulation or incorrect thermostat settings can put your pipes at risk of freezing or bursting. Matt Codd, plumbing manager at Ryan...

Sunnking Electronic Recycling is throwing a TV sale on Saturday, but that's only the half of it. Chris Lopez heads to Sunnking's warehouse in Brockport to meet Abby Fridmann's husband Jim Lloyd and share a 20-year-old Toys R Us commercial starring one of our anchors. The sale lasts from 9...

Fred Armstrong was largely satisfied with the history he told of Rochester’s subway system in the 1994 documentary, “End of the Line.” Largely, but not fully. The images could have been crisper, the videos better quality, said Armstrong, who created the film with James P. Harte. “I’ve always been proud of the story...

BROCKPORT, N.Y. — A crowd of at least 150 people gathered at the Brockport First Baptist Church to protest ICE’s actions in Minneapolis. “I went to [protests] for the Vietnam War. And this is nothing like that. Because this is the whole country and the whole world,” Maryellen Giese, a member of Be the Change […]

A crash on Thursday morning in the Upper Falls neighborhood forced a car onto the sidewalk, hitting and injuring a crossing guard.

Rochester, N.Y. — Unattended cooking caused a fire Wednesday afternoon at a high-rise apartment building in the city's South Wedge neighborhood, according to the Rochester Fire Department. Fire crews responded around 12:45 p.m. to E.L. Tower on South Avenue, where heavy smoke was found in a hallway, the fire...

Up to another foot of snow is predicted to fall in the Rochester region through Saturday morning as bitter cold temperatures settle in for much of New York state. Wind chills are expected to dip as cold as 25 below zero in some parts of the state, forecasters said. The National Weather Service in has issued a winter...

Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) — Amid nationwide protests in response to the immigration crackdown unfolding in Minnesota, several small businesses in Rochester plan to close in solidarity. Niraj Lama, co-owner of Happy Earth Tea in the South Wedge neighborhood, will close his doors Friday. "It hurts," he said, when asked...