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Monroe County offices open Monday after global outage
ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Monroe Offices and services will be open on Monday, after Friday’s global CrowdStrike/Windows outage which shut down many county services and closed county offices. The outage impacted some 3,500 county devices, computers, and servers, each requiring a manual procedure to bring back online. Since Friday, Monroe County...
Rochester Embayment Area of Concern could be removed after nearly 40 years
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — For nearly 40 years the Rochester Embayment has been listed as an Area of Concern (AOC) by the EPA due to pollution and contamination from industrial, urban, and agricultural sources that was so great that the broader environmental laws and regulations couldn’t address the needs of the area. But now, the […]
Arts workshops at local libraries
Free art workshops for adults and youth are coming to two Monroe County libraries over the coming months. Contact the libraries for more information. This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of The Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts.
Man killed in I-490 crash in Chili identified
Monroe County sheriff's deputies have identified the man killed Wednesday night in a one-car crash on Interstate 490 in Chili. Mark A. Battaglia, 35, Stafford, Genesee County, crashed in the eastbound lanes of the highway, near Paul Road, around 9:40 p.m., said sheriff's spokeswoman Amy Young. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Sheriff Baxter calls for community to help fight ‘lawlessness,’ attacks on law officers
MONROE COUNTY, N.Y. — Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter released a video Friday in which he noted that attacks on law officers were up 46% last year — and called upon the community to help fight what he characterized as a wave of “lawlessness.”. “Police officers need...
Global outage disrupts flights, 911 calls, DMV
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – A global computer and communications outage is affecting Monroe County. Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike says the outage was caused by a system update early Friday morning. The outage affects Windows systems used by businesses across several different industries, like banks, media companies, and airlines. A representative from...
Monroe County, hospital systems share updates on impact of worldwide IT outage
Rochester, N.Y. — Monroe County has released an update on the impact of the global CrowdStrike Windows outage and has announced some offices are closed to the public today as a result. 911 and emergency communications are operating with backup systems. The county said if you call 911 and...
‘Our thoughts are with the family:’ MCSO ends search for Jeffrey Hoffere at Lehigh Station Trail
HENRIETTA, N.Y. (WROC) — The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office has ended the search for Jeffrey Hoffere at Lehigh Station Trail in Henrietta. Deputies said they were unable to find Hoffere in the swampy area and woods near Lehigh Station Trail and East Henrietta Road. The investigation into his whereabouts will continue. Deputies were told Hoffere […]
Monroe County impacted by worldwide Microsoft outages
Editor’s Note: The full live stream is available for viewing at the bottom of this page. ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Monroe County’s IT systems are experiencing disruptions amid a Microsoft and CrowdStrike outage. On Friday morning, multiple airlines and services around the world were affected due to the outages. Some airlines are facing a global […]
Microsoft outage hits airlines, banks and more in New York
A major cybersecurity firm has blamed a faulty system update amid a Friday morning technology outage that disrupted the operations of major airlines, media companies, banks, medical facilities and telecoms firms around the globe. Crowdstrike, a U.S. firm that advertises being used by over half of Fortune 500 companies, said one of its recent content updates had a defect that impacted Microsoft's Windows Operating System, adding that the incident was "not a security incident or cyberattack." ...
'If they're not safe, you're not safe': Sheriff reacts to shooting of Rochester police car
Rochester, N.Y. — Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter is pleading for the community's help. One day after a Rochester police car was shot up on the city's west side, Baxter released a video message taking aim at "lawlessness" in the community. "Police officers need your help," Baxter said. "If...
Man killed in hit-and-run on Route 390 in Gates identified
Monroe County sheriff's deputies have identified the man killed late Tuesday in a hit-and-run crash on Route 390 in Gates. Daniel Burke, 63, of Rochester was pronounced dead at the scene, on the northbound lanes of Route 390, just north of Exit 21 at Lyell Avenue, said sheriff's spokeswoman Amy Young. The crash occurred just before 11:30 p.m. Tuesday.
‘If they’re not safe, you’re not safe:’ Law enforcement calls for end to violence against police
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Rochester’s law enforcement agencies are calling for an end to violence against police officers following an incident where gunshots were fired at an occupied RPD vehicle. Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter released a video statement Friday in response to Thursday’s incident, asking for the community to come together to make improvements […]
Monroe County workers rush to restore 3,500 devices after global CrowdStrike disruption
Monroe County workers scrambled this morning, working to bring about 3,500 devices back online that were impacted by the worldwide cybersecurity CrowdStrike disruption while also trying to ensure public safety operations aren't affected. The county's emergency 911 functions were impacted but are operational, Monroe County Executive Adam Bello said at...
One dead after crash on I-490 in Chili
One person was killed in a single car crash on Interstate 490 in Chili Wednesday night, according to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office. The crash occurred on the eastbound lanes of the highway, near Paul Road, around 9:40 p.m. The lone person in the involved car - a man - was pronounced dead at the scene, said Sgt. Joseph Corona of the Monroe County Sheriff's Office. His name was not released, pending notification of his family.
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