3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (648+ words) On Sept. 11, 2001, the world changed forever. In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks that rocked the country, communities across the nation looked for ways to respond to the tragedy and support one another. In East Tennessee, solidarity and healing took…...

2+ day, 19+ 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…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (80+ words) It’s been 25 years since the September 11, 2001 attacks. The Rochester-area community is holding many memorials and ceremonies to honor the memories of those lost and the first responders who put their lives on the line to save others. It's been 25 years…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (670+ words) More than 100,000 people packed the New York State Fair on Sunday, pushing attendance for the 2026 fair to nearly 900,000 as the 13-day run heads into its Labor Day finale. Fair officials reported 100,237 people entered the fairgrounds Sunday, the second day this…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (970+ words) Nearly 98,000 people packed the New York State Fair on Saturday, pushing attendance for the first 11 days of the 2026 fair to 792,165 as the event heads into its final Sunday with Robin Thicke, family programming, competitions and dozens of demonstrations on the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (537+ words) ROCHESTER, N.Y. — It’s been a year since survivors of childhood sexual abuse in one of our upstate communities received some closure. More than 11,000 civil suits were filed under the Child Victims Act in New York, including hundreds against the Catholic Church....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (227+ words) Walking For Rochester, a nonprofit that aims to eliminate litter from Rochester, has announced its 20x1,000 campaign, a community-wide fundraiser to raise $20,000 by bringing 1,000 people together to contribute $20 each. Walking For Rochester launches 20×1,000 fundraiser to raise $20,000 for litter cleanup ROCHESTER, N....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (120+ words) ROCHESTER — Roughly 8,000 customers are without power in Rochester on Wednesday morning, according to Rochester Public Utilities. At 7:07 a.m., 7,970 customers were affected by 59 outages, the RPU Outage map reports, spread around Rochester. RPU has three active crews out and has restored…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (94+ words) Rochester, N.Y. — A 47-year-old Rochester man was injured in a stabbing in Rochester Saturday afternoon. Rochester police officers responded to Lyell Avenue near Glide Street just before 12:40 p.m. for a report of a person stabbed. Officers found a 47-year-old man with…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (521+ words) New York has expanded financial aid, frozen tuition at SUNY and CUNY and opened free community college to thousands of adult learners as the state marks five years of higher education policy changes under Gov. Kathy Hochul. The state Higher…...