Rochester NY

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Two Rochester residents are facing multiple felony charges after police say a drug investigation at a Gates motel uncovered a loaded handgun and several illegal drugs. Investigators with the Gates Police Department executed a search warrant Feb. 20 at a room at Motel 6 on Chili Avenue as part...

A craft brewery in western New York was named among the best brewpubs in the nation in the latest USA Today Readers' Choice poll. Strangebird Brewery in Rochester, New York, landed third on the list of the nation's best brewpubs. The 2026 USA Today 10Best Readers' Choice Awards highlight the very best in travel, food...

GATES, NY — A 6-month-old child died Thursday following a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Buffalo Road and Howard Road. The Gates Police Department responded to the scene at approximately 10:15 a.m. on March 5, 2026, after receiving reports of a multi-vehicle accident with possible entrapment. Officers...

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...