Rochester News

A Rochester man who was arrested by Human Society law enforcement officers for possession with intent to fight dogs, has pleaded guilty to various drug charges.

A Rochester roofing contractor faces potential fines of $70,000 for alleged safety violations at a worksite on the campus of the State University College at Geneseo.

Route I-490 West is closed Thursday morning after a tractor-trailer flipped and caught on fire near the South Clinton Exit around 5:30 a.m. Rochester Police report that I-490 West is closed around the South ...

A Rochester man convicted of having sex with a young girl as a payment for drugs is now a registered sex offender.

A Rochester man has been charged in connection a double shooting that happened over Labor Day Weekend.

A 20-year old man was shot in the head on Avenue B in Rochester. It happened Tuesday night around 10:30pm. Rochester police say the man approximately 20-years old.

A 21-year-old Rochester man was shot in the leg while walking down Sixth Street this evening, according to police.

One of Ramos' victims was injured when flying glass from her shattered windshield lodged in her eye.

A man was found lying unresponsive earlier this morning in Conesus Lake in the Town of Geneseo.

At least three people jumped from an attic window Saturday morning to escape a house fire on Rochester's Goodman Street.

Governor David A. Paterson today directed the New York National Guard to immediately prepare to assist in the response to Hurricane Gustav.

Yukon, who was 18 years old, died Sunday after falling ill on Thursday. Officials at Rochester's Seneca Park Zoo say Yukon, the 18 year old 'patriarch' of the zoo's polar bears, died on Sunday.

Rochester police are investigating a shooting outside a Monroe Avenue restaurant.

Rochester police say one man injured in a double shooting this afternoon has died.

A teenager charged with killing a Rochester father of 15 with a sawed-off shotgun on Father's Day allegedly told police that he feared Kevin D. McInnis would hurt his mother.

One man was killed and another injured in an apparent drive-by shooting Saturday afternoon in Rochester's 19th Ward.

It happened Saturday afternoon on the southwest side. Rochester Police were called to a double shooting on Saturday afternoon on the southwest side of the city.

Rochester police Sgt. Carlos Garcia's lawyer tried to reach an agreement with city officials before Garcia was charged Thursday with misusing a city-issued credit card.

A Rochester man who was apparently hitching a ride was shot at least once and then abandoned near 1067 Johnson Road in Riga about 11:30 p.m. Thursday, according to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.

A judge has unsealed an indictment for a Rochester man charged with killing another local man on Father's Day.