National or Local Headlines
A meeting of the Rochester City Council’s Public Safety Committee…called so council members could question Police Chief Michael Ciminelli about a Facebook video…ended when angry community members took over the floor and refused to be silenced. The video posted last week shows a Rochester police officer telling a woman to move back from the scene […]
The supervisor of Pittsford says residents have called his office, complaining about white supremacist fliers left on driveways this week along their Knickerbocker Road neighborhood. Supervisor Bill Smith says the fliers carry the address of an apparent white supremacist website. He says they’ve been turned over to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office although he’s […]
Rochester police are investigating a pair of shooting incidents this afternoon. Police were called to Seventh and Short Streets about 2:15 for a report of a man shot. They found a 49-year-old victim who had been hit several times but is expected to survive. He was taken to Strong Memorial Hospital. About 15 minutes later, […]