The Seneca Park Zoo says it’s celebrating the life of Aurora, its female polar bear who died this week at the age of 28. Aurora was born at a zoo in Utah and came to Rochester in 1991. Since then, she’s been a star at Seneca Park and inspired action on behalf of polar […]
A former Brockport kindergarten teacher is pleading guilty to child pornography charges. Roland Yockel II of Hilton pleaded guilty in federal court today to receipt of child pornography and is facing a maximum of 20 years in prison and a 250 thousand dollar fine. Yockel was arrested back in November after homeland security agents conducted […]
Rochester police say a standoff with a wanted man on Rochester’s west side last night involved a man wanted for three Rochester-area bank robberies. Terrick Ficklin was identified through an investigation by the Rochester Area Major Crime Task Force. U.S. Marshals, federal and local investigators tracked Ficklin to a house on Pierpont Street off […]