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LYONS N.Y. (WROC)– A Wayne County inmate serving 18 years to life for the 1990 murders of a 15-year-old student and a toddler could be paroled this week to Erie County pending a review by the NYS Board of Parole. The Wayne County District Attorney, Christine Callanan, says it...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Let’s hope for some luck this Friday the 13th as Rochester has a local contestant on Wheel of Fortune. You can watch Shaneece Terry spin the wheel and solve the puzzles at 7 p.m. on WROC. In a fun bit during her taping, Shaneece was asked by Maggie Sajak where she’d take […]

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The DEC has determined the cause of death of multiple birds found at Seneca Lake. News 8 received reports that multiple bird carcasses were found at Seneca Lake recently. The New York DEC explained that the melting ice and warmer temperatures caused the bodies to wash up on shore. The...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A Rochester Police Department officer and a 15-year-old suspect were injured following a pursuit that ended in a crash on Marlborough Road on Sunday evening. According to officers, they received a report of a stolen 2018 Hyundai Accent driving recklessly as they were in the area of Epworth...

Irondequoit, N.Y. — A Wayne County man was critically injured in a crash at a traffic circle early Monday, according to Chief Scott Peters from the Irondequoit Police Department. Peters said the driver, a 44-year-old man from Walworth, failed to negotiate the traffic circle at Sea Breeze Drive and...

Rochester, N.Y. — Two women face charges following an overnight incident that led to a crowd surrounding officers on the city's southeast side, according to the Rochester Police Department. Police said officers on Monroe Avenue near South Goodman Street saw a 51-year-old woman damaging a street sign around 12:48...

Rochester, N.Y. — Police are searching for suspects from a shooting Monday night in the city's 19th Ward. Officers responded around 6 p.m. to Wellington Avenue near Chili Avenue and found the victim, a 17-year-old boy, suffering from at least one gunshot wound to his upper body, according to the Rochester Police...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — From Western New York to the national stage, a Western New York native is turning heads in the hit television show “The Voice.”. “I was sitting in my car,” SUNY Fredonia senior Lucas West said. “I got, in my opinion, the best phone call of my life.”

Hani Ali remembers being on the scene after a multi-alarm house fire on Dewey Avenue displaced more than a dozen refugees. She was present to provide moral support to the victims and to assist with any ongoing care. It was at that moment that Ali said she felt like her...

A 45-year-old man has been arrested after being accused of breaking into a home and killing a “companion animal.”