Police have confirmed the identity of the motorcycle rider killed Monday morning on Lake Avenue. They say Timothy Scahill of Greece was riding northbound in the 3200 block of Lake Avenue about 5:15 Monday morning when he suddenly veered across the center line and hit an oncoming SUV head-on. The 47-year-old rider was killed instantly […]
An appeals court judge has overturned former State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s conviction on official corruption charges (Silver is just left of center in the photo). The Manhattan Democrat had been found guilty of money laundering, fraud and extortion in State Supreme Court. The judge followed a United States Supreme Court precedent which overturned the […]
Rochester Police were dealing with a man, possibly armed, who refused to come out of a house in the 500 block of Smith Street this morning. The incident began at about 3:45 a.m, and police notified residents of some nearby houses to shelter in place while they tried to resolve the situation. Police shut down […]