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Rochester residents gathered at In Christ New Hope Ministry on Wednesday night to hear the powerful testimony of Sarah Collins Rudolph, the survivor of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama. Rudolph, who was 12 years old when the KKK-planted dynamite exploded on September 15, 1963, lost her sister and three other girls […]
Several Rochester-area schools are receiving funding from the Buffalo Bills Foundation and the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation to introduce Modified Girls Flag Football at the middle school level this spring. Schools benefiting from the initiative include Canisteo-Greenwood, East Lower School, Loretta Johnson Middle School, Greece Olympia and Odyssey, Our Lady of Mercy, Rochester Prep, […]
The death of Robert Brooks, an incarcerated man who was beaten at Marcy Correctional Facility in December, has been officially ruled a homicide, according to his family’s attorney. The medical report determined the cause of death as compression of the neck and multiple blunt force injuries. Brooks, a Greece, NY resident, was transferred to Marcy […]
A Naples school bus driver, David L. Ferry, was arrested after authorities found a rifle under a seat on the bus he was driving. According to New York State Police, the 57-year-old purchased the firearm from a store before driving away in a Naples Central School bus. The Ontario County Sheriff’s Office stopped the bus […]
Rochester’s Eastman School of Music is celebrating two big wins at the 67th GRAMMY Awards. Associate Professor of Jazz Voice, Sara Gazarek, took home the award for Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals for her arrangement of Alma, marking her second GRAMMY win. Alumnus Jason Treuting won Best Chamber Music and Small Ensemble Performance for his […]
After two decades, the cold case of 8-year-old Savannah Streber, who was killed in a 2004 house fire in Rochester, is finally going to trial. Timothy Kuhn, 63, was arrested in Florida in early 2024 and charged with murder and arson. Authorities say Kuhn was a person of interest early in the investigation, as Savannah’s […]
New York State has awarded $775,000 to the Rochester Housing Authority for a mixed-use development on Fernwood Avenue, as part of its Pro-Housing Communities initiative. The $4 million project will include 65 housing units and a small branch of the Rochester Public Library within an 80,000 sq. ft. space. Brownfield remediation will take place on-site, […]
The Rochester City School District (RCSD) is responding to a data breach involving PowerSchool, a widely used software for managing student records. The breach, which occurred in late December, potentially affected over 130,000 student records, including names, contact details, medical records, grades, and transcripts. Superintendent Demario Strickland reassured families that no identities have been compromised […]
Rochester police are investigating a homicide after a man in his 40s was found shot dead in a crashed, burning pickup truck on Coulton Place late Wednesday night. Officers responded just before 11 p.m. to reports of a crash and vehicle fire, discovering the driver with at least one gunshot wound to the upper body. […]
Hospitals in Rochester, including Strong Hospital at URMC, are operating beyond capacity, with more than 120% of licensed beds occupied. Due to the surge in flu, COVID-19, and RSV cases, some patients are receiving care in hallways as hospital staff struggle to manage the influx. Dr. Michael Apostolakos of URMC reported over 30 flu patients […]
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