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‘Making sure things don’t happen:’ Community pleads with Rochester City School District as 2024-2025 Safety Plan nears finalization
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to re-clarify Councilmember Lupien’s quote. ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — As the countdown for students to return back to school continues, the Rochester City School District is putting the finishing touches on their annual Safety Plan. Tuesday, community members were given the chance to give their opinions on ways […]
RIT receives $3 million grant to train grad students
Rochester Institute of Technology has received $3 million in federal funds to advance interdisciplinary research in semiconductor technologies. The university will provide 20 doctoral student fellowships and expects to prepare more than 170 semiconductor engineers and scientists to help close the workforce gap and strengthen the nation’s semiconductor technology leadership, officials say.
Section V football classifications are set. What to know for 2024
Ready those stadium lights, another Section V football season fast approaches. And like any other, this season will produce new opponents and playoff races in an ever-evolving sport. One constant: For the second straight year, Section V will offer six classifications. Of those six, five decreased in size from a year ago, as Section V grapples with the increasingly popular option of independent play. ...
Community outreach group visits Rochester neighborhood after fatal triple shooting
Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) — Community outreach group Rise Up Rochester is meeting with people in the city's Beechwood neighborhood after Monday's fatal triple shooting on Hazelwood Terrace. Police saidthree teens were shot and rushed to the hospital. One later died. "It was, to be honest, a very eerie feeling,"...
Survey: 1 in 10 Monroe County teens admits to carrying weapon
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – No one has ever tried to count how many loaded, illegal guns are in our community everyday. But Monroe County has asked teenagers how often they’ve carried a weapon over the course of a month. Chief investigative reporter Berkeley Brean dug into the results that...
Owner of GG Steakout II shares his family’s story for Black-owned business month
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — August is Black-owned business month, a way to highlight the Black entrepreneurs across the country. News10NBC TODAY was live from the restaurant GG Steakout II on East Main Street. We spoke with owner Richard Gause about how the family business started. He also highlighted other Black-owned businesses in Rochester including Boss Sauce, People’s Choice Kitchen, and Tiffany’s on Genesee Street.
Rochester police standoff on Cedarwood Terrace
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) – A portion of Cedarwood Terrace near Kingston Street in Rochester was reopened after a brief standoff Tuesday. According to Rochester police, a city official was carrying out an eviction around 3:30 p.m. when an uninvolved person began an argument and showed what appeared to be a firearm. Police surrounded the house […]
Largest convex mirror constructed by Corning and L3Harris in Rochester
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) – Corning and L3Harris have constructed the largest Convex Mirror – taking scientists one step closer to identifying 10 to 100 more objects in the solar system. The 11-foot, 1,500-pound jointly produced mirror is 11-foot wide was installed at the Rubin Observatory in Chile. Corning produced the mirror in Canton, New York, […]
Kucko’s Camera: Seneca Chief on the Erie Canal
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Today John Kucko and his digital devices headed out west to check on a test drive of the new replica Seneca Chief, built to celebrate the Erie Canal’s upcoming bicentennial. The original Seneca Chief traveled the length of the Erie Canal in 1825.
Pedestrian hit by airborne car near Strong Memorial Hospital
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A pedestrian was seriously injured Tuesday, when she was hit by an airborne car that had struck a barrier near Strong Memorial Hospital. According to the Rochester Police Department, the man driving the car was headed to Strong Memorial Hospital for psychiatric treatment around 1:00 p.m. when he sped into a […]
Popular Halloween store reopens locations around Rochester
Summer is still in full swing, but the spooky shopping season is underway as Spirit Halloween locations begin to open. Spirit Halloween's stores are opening nationwide for the fall, with the first stores opening at the start of August to seasonal swag bags. Throughout the month, the national pop-up purveyor of Halloween costumes and towering outdoor animatronic decorations is expected to open more than 1,500 locations across the U.S. It is not the lone retailer already peddling Halloween wares. Other large...
Rochester area chosen to host NYSPHSAA championships
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The Rochester area has been selected to host three upcoming New York State Public High School Sports Athletic Association championships over the next three years. The statewide championships for boys golf, boys volleyball, and girls swimming and diving will all be held in Rochester in 2025, 2026, and 2027, Visit Rochester […]
Colorado man arrested after Big Flats road rage incident involving gunfire
This story was updated to add a mugshot of Jacob Heckman. BIG FLATS, N.Y. (WETM) — A Colorado man was arrested after allegedly shooting a car on the highway during a road rage incident in Big Flats on Monday afternoon. According to the New York State Police Department, a man driving a blue Dodge Dakota […]
Lesli Myers-Small, new executive director of the Rochester Police Accountability Board
We sit down with the new executive director of the Rochester Police Accountability Board (PAB). Lesli Myers-Small was selected for the position in June. The former RCSD superintendent joins us, along with deputy executive director Ben Wittwer, to discuss the state of the PAB and their vision for the board's future.
Union representing UR skilled trade staff is preparing to go on strike
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — IUOE Local 158, the union that represents more than 300 skilled trade staff at the University of Rochester, is planning a two-day strike. The union submitted an intent to strike notice for next Monday and Tuesday. The union includes staff who maintain campus facilities at the central utility plant and the medical center.
Two staff members accused of abusing person with disabilities in Seneca Falls
SENECA FALLS, N.Y. — Two staff members are accused of physically abusing a person at a housing facility for people with disabilities. Joseph Kopetchny, 46 of Newark, and Vicki Wilson, 58 of Seneca Falls were arrested after an investigation that began in May. They’re charged with endangering the welfare of a disabled person.
Canisteo Farmer Deals with the Aftermath of Debby, Loses Hundreds of Acres of Cropland
CANISTEO, NY (WENY) -- Some people in Steuben County were hit harder than others when the remnants of Tropical Storm Debby hit the region on Friday, August 9th. Some residents had their homes damaged or lost them entirely, while others lost part of their livelihood and source of income. "The...
Flood recovery help events to be held in Steuben County
STEUBEN COUNTY, N.Y. (WETM) — Steuben County residents who were impacted by Friday’s floods have the opportunity to get help from local human service agencies this week. Arbor Housing and Development, Catholic Charities of Steuben/Livingston, ProAction of Steuben and Yates Counties, and The United Way of the Southern Tier are coming together in Canisteo, Woodhull, […]
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