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Sunday kicks off the first day of National EMS Week…. Read More: Headlines | Rochester New York | Spectrum News 1  Read More 

Koepka fended off challenges from Viktor Hovland and Scottie Scheffler…. Read More: Headlines | Rochester New York | Spectrum News 1  Read More 

Brooks Koepka won his fifth major championship and third PGA title…. Read More: Headlines | Rochester New York | Spectrum News 1  Read More 

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The 2023 Rochester Lilac Festival has returned to Highland Park — and News 8 is here to cover each of the 10 days of the festival. Today — May 21, 2023 — is the final day of the festival. If you haven’t checked out the large array of bushes and lilacs […]

The trophy the golfers at Oak Hill have been playing for this week is engraved with over 100 years of history…. Read More: Headlines | Rochester New York | Spectrum News 1  Read More 

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — With interest rates continuing to be in flux and inventory of homes reaching record lows, closed sales across New York have continued to fall, a recent housing report from the New York State Association of Realtors says. In Monroe County, closed sales have decreased 24.6% from 2022 to 2023, with 399 […]

CHILI, N.Y. (WROC) – Rochester Gas and Electric reported more than 6,000 customers without power in the Town of Chili Sunday morning. Several neighbors in the area from Beaver Road to Paul Road reported hearing a loud bang around 6:30 a.m. as they lost power. As of 8 a.m. RG&E listed 6,200 customers without power. […]

Andrew Green is already a world renowned golf course architect. However, this week is the first time his work was the site for a men’s major championship. He admitted there were some sleepless nights lately. “I had about a six hour drive up to Rochester… and I kinda talked myself into a bit of a […]

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (WROC) — The pros have the job of hitting the balls, John Baron has the job of the picking them up. Here at the 2023 PGA Championship driving range, Baron is Picker 1, though at times it might feel like Target 1. “Thank God for the cage, it’s doing its job,” Baron said […]

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (WROC) — To be a professional engraver Otto Carter will tell you have to have an eye for detail and be determined not to mess up or misspell things, but to be a professional engraver at the PGA Championship you have to be that – and fast. “I only have like a 30-minute […]