Ontario County News

A business owner from Ontario County will be telling lawmakers on Capitol Hill what they can do to help small businesses.

One of the two men wanted in connection with a shooting and major police search in Ontario County has been arrested.

Jonathan Rivera was taken into custody in New York City Tuesday night and brought back to Ontario County early Wednesday morning.

Leaders in the Village of Naples in Ontario County have put out what they say is a call to action regarding the public water situation in the village and town.

A bill quietly introduced in the Legislature late yesterday would help the racetracks in Ontario and Genesee counties if the Seneca Nation of Indians moved forward with a Rochester-area casino.

A rally supporting the Women's Equality Act under consideration in Albany, produced a showdown between pro-life and pro-choice supporters in Susan B. Anthony Square Park in Rochester Monday afternoon.

Police have called off the manhunt for Andres Escalara, 22, and Jonathan Rivera, 25, in Phelps.

Measures aimed at improving public safety, protecting vulnerable individuals, and punishing convicted criminals have received senate approval in recent days.

Officers of the Geneva Police Department responded to several calls of shots fired on East North Street at about 3 p.m. involving a black truck and unknown suspects.

A class in Canandaigua will teach people how to make and can strawberry jam. The hands-on class, suited for people with all levels of experience, will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. June 27 at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ontario County, 480 N. Main St., Canandaigua.

In a press conference around 6:30 p.m. Ontario County Sheriff's deputies say they responded to a call for shots fired on East North Street in Geneva.

A police investigation in Ontario County closed several roads Sunday evening. Cross Road in Phelps was closed at the intersection of Route 14. Our crew on the scene tells us state troopers have also blocked off the on and off ramps to Route 96 at Route 14.

A Canandaigua woman was arrested early Sunday morning after allegedly fleeing from Sheriff's deputies at an underage drinking party.

I can't recall meeting a successful business person who didn't have a mentor influence him or her at a critical time or over an extended period of time.

A Canandaigua man was charged June 14 after he allegedly injured a New York State parole officer while being taken into custody for a parole violation June 11, said Ontario County sheriff's deputies.

Police said a Seneca County Sheriff's deputy under attack by an unruly man shot that man in the arm.

A rainy Thursday has caused flooding in parts Monroe County. The National Weather Service in Buffalo issued a flood advisory for southeastern Monroe County, northern Ontario County and southern Wayne County, through 3:45 p.m. Weather updates: Latest local forecast "The rain is letting up but the water will be running high for the next few ... (more)

A storm system tracked a bit further north than originally expected, and brought Rochester and surrounding areas a steady, heavy rainfall throughout much of the morning through the early part of the afternoon.

Two people were injured Tuesday night after the vehicle they were in struck a tree in Seneca, Ontario County.

Bill Samuels, the founder of the New Roosevelt Initiative, a good-government group, is pressing Gov. Andrew Cuomo to put his full weight behind campaign-finance reform, saying the Democratic governor should pressure Senate Republicans to vote on the measure.