Rochester NY

Westmoreland, N.Y. - State Police have released the name of a driver who died Thursday when his tractor trailer crashed into the back of another tractor trailer on the state Thruway in Oneida County. The man killed was Robert G. Wells, 76, of Palmyra, according to Trooper Jennifer Jiron, a...

It's common knowledge that the food business is a tough one. The hours are long, the work is hard and the margins are small. That's why it's remarkable when restaurants remain in business with more or less the same approach for decades. It means they are doing something right – most likely serving delicious food,...

Westmoreland, N.Y. — A tractor-trailer driver from Wayne County was killed in a crash early Thursday on the New York State Thruway. New York State Police responded to a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 90 in Westmoreland, Oneida County around 1:25 a.m. Police said Robert Wells, 76, of Palmyra was...

Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) — In the works since 2009, Rochester's Bull’s Head Urban Renewal Plan is finally breaking ground as likely one of largest major revitalization projects the city has ever undertaken. "We're finally at this exciting period where things are really coming together and pick up speed,...

Learn About the Freedom Fighter March 12 at the Seymour Library. When Mike McBride, of Rochester, began studying his family’s ancestry, he never could have imagined the special “ancestral pot of gold” he was going to discover. A DNA sample from his Aunt Lily, a nun with the Sisters of St. Joseph, provided a crucial...

ALBANY, N.Y. — A new bill in the New York State Senate could give survivors of domestic violence with more time to press charges and change how police handle family offenses. The proposed Phoenix Act aims to extend the statute of limitations to ten years for felonies and five years for misdemeanors. If passed, the […]

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Overnight freezing rain left many roads and sidewalks coated in ice across the Rochester area, leading to an increase in crashes and falls as people headed out Friday morning. Michael Witkowski, chief operating officer of Monroe Ambulance, said crews saw a noticeable uptick in calls related...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — RG&E customers may notice, after logging in online, that there are some changes to the “My Account” dashboard. According to RG&E, the purpose of these changes is to provide customers with more information and to help them understand their bills. Some of these new additions include color-coded...

Gates, N.Y. (WHAM) — Chief Robert Long of the Gates Police Department said the intersection of Buffalo and Howard roads is probably the busiest in the town. Long said three people, including a 6-month-old child, were in an eastbound SUV stopped at that intersection Thursday morning when it was rear-ended by another...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A long-time craft brewery in Rochester is changing leadership, passing ownership to two brothers and natives of Brockport. The company was founded in 1991 by John Urlaub and Patty Yahn-Urlaub. They currently operate two locations: a brewery and beer hall in the Public Market district of...