GALLERY: 9/11 remembrance events in the Rochester area
24 years ago, our nation and the world were forever changed by the September 11 terror attacks, which killed 2,976 people and injured thousands more. Remembrance ceremonies were held Thursday in the Rochester area and across the United States to honor the lives lost and impacted. A groundbreaking ceremony was...
Brain injury community honored at walk
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) –The Brain Injury Association of New York State held the March on for Brain Injury Walk to honor brain injury survivors, their families, brain injury caregivers, and professionals who treat those who have sustained brain injuries. The march was held Saturday in Rochester at Seneca Park. This...
Traffic stop,leads to arrest of driver and four passengers for drugs
On Saturday (9/6) at 8:49 a.m. State Troopers out of Lyons reported stopping a driver on Montezuma Street in Lyons they knew had a suspended license. Following the stop, the driver, Angelica Alicea, age 33, of 210 Stansell Street in Newark was arrested for Suspended License, Partially Covered license Plates, warrants...
RPD: Chase leads to multi-car crash near Rochester’s Liberty Pole
A multi-car crash happened overnight in downtown Rochester near the Liberty Pole, not far from the News10NBC studio.
Man sentenced to 22 years in prison related to deadly shooting at pub in...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A 34-year-old man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in relation to a deadly shooting at the Black Bear Pub in 2021. On Nov. 13, 2021, 29-year-old Sean Semprie was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds in the back parking lot of Black Bear Pub on West Ridge Road in Rochester, according to...
City of Rochester launches community survey to design Civil Rights Heritage Park
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The City of Rochester is asking for public input to help honor civil rights history at Baden Park. Baden Park is in Rochester’s Upper Falls neighborhood and will be the future home of the Minister Franklin D. Florence Civil Rights Heritage Park. Shirley Green grew...
Sodus Point’s Brother Wease leaves a music legacy
If you have lived in the Rochester area anytime in the last 40 years, you know the name “Brother Wease”. He started his radio career with the classic rock radio station WCMF and reigned #1 in morning talk radio on the “Brother Wease Morning Circus” from 1984 until 2007, when the station was sold. After months of...
Sister testifies against defendant in Rochester arson trial that killed 5-year-old
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Testimony continued Friday in the murder and arson trial of Taquida Hendrix, accused of setting a house fire on Portland Avenue that killed 5-year-old Malakai Stovall in July 2024. In emotional testimony, Hendrix’s sister, Tiakayla Hendrix, told jurors she not only witnessed the fire being set but...
18-year-old arrested after being accused of threatening student at Spencerport High School
Spencerport High School and Cosgrove Middle School went into a 13-minute lockout on Friday morning after what the district called an “isolated threat” against a person at the high school.
3 bourbon distilleries go bankrupt as alcohol market abruptly collapses
More rotten news for anyone who enjoys good, American bourbon… Right on the heels of the sudden closure of several beloved whiskey distilleries… Unfortunately now it’s bourbon’s turn as bankruptcies…
