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Over the weekend, Special Olympics of New York surprised athlete Jordan Root with a game of a lifetime. Jordan Root was told he has been selected to compete in the 2022 USA Games at Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Special Olympics organizers, along with family and friends, went to surprise him at his place of […]

Yesterday, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Gender Recognition Act into law, after the state Legislature approved it earlier this month. This new law cleared the way for the DMV to offer the “X” designation to those who do not identify as strictly male or female. The Gender Recognition Act also makes it easier for transgender […]

On Thursday, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office announced the end of phase one of Operation Guardian.  Rochester First reported: “The operation began May 17 and resulted in 60 arrests. Five of those arrests were for homicides. Officials say the number of homcide arrests by the Task Force in the first half of 2021 already is the […]

Yesterday, nearly two dozen people took to Rochester’s southwest side to denounce violence following recent shootings, some of those being fatal. The group had started at the Boys & Girls Club on Genesee Street, which is supposed to be a safe spot for kids to gather. It is now the site of one of Rochester’s […]

Residents in the Marquart Village, a mobile home park in the Town of Palmyra, claim they are struggling with broken leases, high bills, health code conditions, and being charged for non-existent services. One former resident, Brandy Hanna, lived in the park for four years and said she was being charged for sewage, but there is […]

A Rochester City police officer who’s currently out of work due to an injury was arrested and charged with grand larceny after an investigation related to a theft at a Home Depot store in Henrietta. The officer who was identified as Dave Pearson will remain out of work pending the outcome of this criminal case. […]

So far this year, Rochester has seen 30 homicides and some areas have been hit harder than others. Just in the month of June, Genesee Street in the 19th Ward Neighborhood, has seen three horrific homicides. Rochester First reported: On June 12: An 18-year-old and 14-year-old were shot on Genesee Street during broad daylight. The […]

At 12:40 a.m. on Sunday, RPD responded to a report of a break in at a local business, Nick Tahou Hots, by an unidentified male. Surveillance photos show the unidentified man arriving at the back door of the business on West Main Street on his bike, and can be seen in other photos searching under […]

Saturday, an 18 year old man drowned in Lake Ontario and passed away. Police found him around 2pm when they saw swimmers, who were neat by when it happened, pulling him from the water. Rochester First reported: “The Rochester Police Department said the Good Samaritans began CPR until relieved by responding medical personnel with AMR.  […]

Governor Andrew Cuomo is expected to sign the ‘Gender Recognition Act’ into law that would make it easier for New Yorkers looking to change their name or gender markers on legal documents. The ‘Gender Recognition Act’ eliminated some laws that posed safety risks for transgender, nonbinary and gender nonconforming people who changed their information. Previously, […]