Eleven people had to find temporary housing after fire heavily damaged a large home on Averill Avenue in Rochester. The Rochester Fire Department says a kitchen fire was reported in the two-and-a-half story home shortly after 4:30 p.m. Thursday. Fire crews were there within three minutes to find fire and smoke coming from the side […]

Route 31F was closed during the Friday morning rush in Perinton after a pole fell during the night, bringing wires down into the road. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office says the closure was between Turk Hill Road and the apartment complex at Alpine Knoll. Deputies say there was no vehicle crash; the pole simply failed […]

A registered sex offender living in a group home in Gates has been arrested on charges of committing a criminal sex act and sex abuse. Gates Police say 52-year-old TImothy Young is accused of assaulting another man while both were attending a day program at the Finger Lakes Developmental Disabilities Service Office center in Gates. […]