1+ hour, 57+ min ago   (385+ words) State University of New York Chancellor John King was in Rochester on Wednesday to spotlight recent and new state initiatives. King first met with staff and students at Monroe Community College's nursing department, which recently became eligible for the SUNY…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (794+ words) A new state law going into effect Tuesday prohibits local police in New York from formally cooperating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or detaining immigrants for the agency in local jails — but don’t tell that to Rensselaer County Executive Steve…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (156+ words) A massive Boeing 747-800 used to train pilots to fly Air Force One was doing touch-and-go exercises and refueling Thursday at the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport. While not unusual for the Air Force to use the local airport for…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (308+ words) New York state is now accepting project proposals to share in the $225 million Rochester-Monroe Transformation Initiative. Gov. Kathy Hochul made the announcement Thursday after receiving sign-off from the regional economic development board. Funding will be awarded on a rolling basis....

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (244+ words) Recreation centers around the city of Rochester are opening up summertime programming starting this weekend. That will soon include the new Maplewood Nature Center. Opportunities run the gamut from exploratory music programs for children, ceramics workshops for adults, and a…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (157+ words) In the second hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on 6/18/26, the team from Freedom Walk joins us to discuss their upcoming events and what we can learn from our city's place in history. Freedom Walk examines Rochester's role on the…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago   (108+ words) The Monroe County Sheriff's Office has arrested 35-year-old Tyree Ross-Simmons of Rochester on a charge of second-degree murder, alleging he shot and killed Ezra John Nunez, 32, at his apartment this past Wednesday on Pittsford Palmyra Road. The Sheriff's Office was…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago   (498+ words) A portable toilet installed behind a downtown church points to a larger problem of homelessness and the lack of public accommodations in the city. “I do want to be clear that the portable toilet is a Band-Aid on a gushing…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (579+ words) A 57-year-old Rochester man says he was pepper-sprayed, shocked with a stun gun and left on the side of the road after federal agents tried to detain members of his lawn care crew. “I fell and I fractured my wrist,…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (197+ words) Honor Flight Rochester is marking a milestone this weekend. The nonprofit, which escorts local military veterans to memorial sites in Washington, D.C. to honor their service, is embarking on its 95th mission. And it's special for another reason. This will be the…...