Rochester NY

IRONDEQUOIT, N.Y. (WROC) — When an alarm call jolted Sips Coffee and Café owner Lauren Hollesen awake Saturday evening, she didn’t know what to expect. By the time she arrived at her Irondequoit shop, the front door had been smashed open. Thieves had cut the wires to the point-of-sale system, grabbed the cash drawer,...

BATH, N.Y. (WETM) — A Bath woman last seen in September is still missing as police provide more details on her last known whereabouts. Nikki L. Wright, 53, of Bath, was last heard from on Sept. 20. At the time, she had indicated that she was in the City of Rochester, according to the Village […]

“We all know we need to take care of this earth, but we also need to be prepared to reach beyond it.”. That’s what Rochester-based entrepreneur Aaron Newman said to reporters after returning to solid ground, following his Blue Origin flight last week. Newman became the 717th human to...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Rochester is in for a night of melodic soul and R&B this upcoming May, as award-winning singers Fantasia and Anthony Hamilton are scheduled to stop at Blue Cross Arena. The Blue Cross Arena announced the tour stop in a Facebook post on Monday, detailing that the event is scheduled for Friday,...

Deputies pulled over a driver early Saturday in Palmyra and say they quickly spotted signs of possible impairment. Joshua Kesel, 45, from Honeoye Falls, was stopped on Jeffery Road around 1:55 a.m., according to the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office. During the stop, deputies said Kesel showed indicators of impairment...

VICTOR, N.Y. – A Rochester man was charged Saturday evening with aggravated DWI in the town of Victor. Ontario County sheriff’s deputies arrested Kurt Schultz Jr. after receiving multiple reports of a sick or intoxicated driver traveling east on State Route 251. Deputies said Schultz crashed into a garage door on...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Lola Deascentiis, a senior at Harvard, along with dozens of other Harvard students, is spending her hard-earned income to help strangers across the world. “I think especially at a university with so much wealth and privilege, this is like the bare, bare minimum,” Lola Deascentis, a senior...

A Rochester relic from the first half of the 20th century is being restored at the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum in Rush.

Sips Coffee and Cafe in Irondequoit is thanking the community for its support after a break-in overnight on Saturday.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The Rochester Fire Department is investigating a house fire that occurred on Central Park in Rochester early Sunday morning. According to officials, firefighters were called at 5:21 a.m. for a report of a house fire at 370 Central Park. A few minutes later, at 5:24 a.m., the department...