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GREECE, NY — Officers recovered a stolen vehicle and arrested a driver following a License Plate Reader alert on March 1, 2026. At approximately 1:35 p.m., officers utilizing License Plate Reader technology received an alert for a stolen vehicle in the area of Dewey Avenue and Stone Road. The...

Although March signals the arrival of spring — it officially begins March 20 this year — the month has a history of delivering some of the Rochester area’s most memorable and crippling weather events. One of the most devastating was the Ice Storm of 1991. The Ice Storm of 1991 The storm began the afternoon of March...

Investigators are working to learn more about the death of a disabled man in Rochester. Police found Timothy Green, 33, bruised, extremely thin and unresponsive in a bathtub at a St. Paul Street apartment on Feb. 17. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The apartment belonged to Green's mother,...

The lunar eclipse has begun in the sky over Rochester. News10NBC is live from Cobbs Hill Park as the moon passes into the Earth’s shadow.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Multiple juveniles ages 11 to 17 were arrested after an investigation into a car theft in the Town of Greece. According to the Greece Police Department, they received an alert that a black Hyundai Elantra, reported stolen out of Rochester, was traveling on Dewey Avenue. The vehicle was found...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — “It gives them the sense that not only are they not safe from the abuser, they’re not safe in their community,” said Dr. Kesha Carter, reflecting on the release of two men arrested for domestic violence with ankle monitors. Dr. Kesha Carter, who survived a harrowing domestic violence incident 30...

(WJAR) — A Rochester family started a community fund to honor their 11-year-old daughter Madelyn “Maddie” Eitas, who died in an avalanche on a ski trip Feb. 19. “She was only with us for 11 years. So I feel like it’s just really important to keep her memory alive,” said the girl’s mother Becky Eitas.

Rochester, N.Y. — A piece of game show history now calls downtown Rochester home. The puzzle board used on "Wheel of Fortune" arrived Monday at The Strong National Museum of Play, following a six-day trip across the country. Vanna White used the board until 1997, hand-turning the letters before...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — At a time when New York state needs more teachers, the Rochester City School District is offering a pathway for the problem by supporting those educators already in the classroom. “We've negotiated tuition discounts and we have our own internal support to provide them assistance so...

Weeks of deep cold helped ice form on lakes and ponds across the Rochester region, but with warmer temperatures and rain expected this week — the ice is increasingly unstable, officials warn. Even when ice appears solid, a rapid warmup into the 40s or 50s can weaken it quickly. So anyone heading out on the ice should...