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The Next Mayor of the City of Rochester, Malik Evans was on the WDKX Wake-Up Club. Malik talked about being born and raised in Rochester. Running for the mayor’s office and addressed the current issue of violence in Rochester. Click Below To Hear The Interview. Spotify  https://open.spotify.com/episode/59FKzPKpHu2OKeONzghExW Stitcher  https://www.stitcher.com/show/wdkx-2 Google Podcast https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy84MzQzMzJjL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz/episode/ZmQ0YTkzN2EtNjNiZi00ODZkLTgwY2MtZjNiOWUwNzM1MjUw?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwjA7IGlo7PxAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ

A few days ago, Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, was sentenced Friday to 270 months — 22.5 years— in prison for killing George Floyd. The family of George Floyd spoke out recently on this news, stating that the sentencing of Derek Chauvin offers closure, accountability — and a step toward healing for both […]

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 […]

Judge Peter Cahill has sentenced Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced Friday to 270 months — 22.5 years— in prison for killing George Floyd. Judge Cahill stated the sentence was based solely on legal facts only. Judge Cahill agreed with prosecutors that Derek Chauvin acted with cruelty when he killed George Floyd, abused […]

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 […]

After four terms and serving since 2005, Mayor Byron Brown, former state senator, was defeated Tuesday night in the primaries. The candidate to defeat the mayor is India Walton, the first woman and first socialist to lead New York’s second-largest city. Walton defeated Brown by 1,507 votes with all in-person votes counted, and only a […]

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 […]

City Councilman Malik Evans won the Democratic Party primary election for Rochester mayor. Evans won by approximately 6,000 votes over Mayor Lovely Warren. He addressed supporters declaring his plan to put Rochester into the top echelon of American cities where it belongs. And, right out of the gate, he talked about the urgent need to address […]

At just 35 years old, Staff Sgt. Wesley Black is about to die. Black is currently struggling with colon cancer that has spread through his body. Black told CNN: “I could be dead tomorrow. I could live another six months … It really all just depends on how my body responds to the oral chemotherapy, […]