Rochester’s homicide rate dropped significantly in 2017: from 42 in 2016 down to 29 last year. That’s a drop of more than 30 percent. Two of those 2017 deaths resulted from injuries that took place in 2016. A database compiled by the “Democrat and Chronicle” shows the lowest number of homicides since 2009, and only […]
Fake $100 bills were passed at half-a-dozen businesses in Brockport over the weekend. Brockport Police say in each case someone bought a small item, paid with a fake $100 and left with the change. They believe the same three suspects cheated each businesses and that only fake 100s were used. Stores and restaurants that […]
Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren was sworn in for her second term Monday, saying her focus for the next four years will be economic equality for Rochester residents. Warren was sworn in during a ceremony at Kilbourn Hall. In her address, she took as examples Martin Luther King, Jr. and Xerox founder Joseph C. Wilson. She […]