2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (130+ words) (ABC 6 News) – The Rochester Police Department added nine new officers as families marked a badge ceremony with second and third-generation ties to the force. RPD also promoted four officers to sergeant and two to lieutenant. Two separate Thompson families had…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (437+ words) Sep. 11—ROCHESTER — The terror attacks 25 years ago defined a generation, Olmsted County Sheriff Kevin Torgerson said. Torgerson, standing under a Rochester Fire Department ladder truck at the foot of the tallest building downtown, opened a ceremony Friday to commemorate the…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (123+ words) ROCHESTER — A local woman will spend nearly two years at the MN Correctional Facility in Shakopee after a drug arrest last year. Anna Lynn Siegele, also called Anna Adams or Anna Cain, received a 1.75-year (21-month) sentence Thursday, Aug. 6. Siegele received…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (155+ words) Two people were shot - including a man who suffered life-threatening injuries - in southwest Rochester Monday afternoon, according to police. Emergency responders were called to Genesee Street, near Seward Street, just before 5:30 p.m. on Monday, June 29 after it was reported that shots…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (334+ words) The United States government took the State of New York to court on Monday, filing a lawsuit that seeks to strike down a newly enacted state law that would hit federal law enforcement agents with jail time if they wear…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (73+ words) The incident occurred near Joseph and Clifford avenues around 8:20 p.m. Sunday, according to Rochester police. A 42-year-old man, whose name was not released, was stabbed, officers said. The... Rochester man survives after hand severed in attack A Rochester man's hand was…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (210+ words) A Rochester man's hand was severed during an altercation Sunday night in northeast Rochester. The incident occurred near Joseph and Clifford avenues around 8:20 p.m. Sunday, according to Rochester police. A 42-year-old man, whose name was not released, was stabbed, officers said....

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (134+ words) Rochester, N.Y. — Nine new graduates of the Rochester Police Department's Workforce Development Program were celebrated Monday night. A graduation ceremony was held for those who completed RPD’s Workforce Development Program. The volunteer program is a precursor to the police academy. “For…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (453+ words) A man accused of firing at United States marshals in Buffalo this week has been named as a person of interest in the homicide of Majesty Montgomery in Rochester. Keith Holmes, 30, of Rochester is facing several charges in federal court,…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (130+ words) ROCHESTER, Minn. — A Rochester police lieutenant graduated from a national leadership program after completing more than 300 hours of coursework. Lt. Jean Valere finished the National Command & Staff College, a graduate-level leadership education program. The program combined 240 hours of online learning…...