Regional Transit Service is making service changes on Monday, streamlining some existing routes and adding a new one, the 163 Lyell Limited. RTS says Monroe Avenue Route 47 will get additional trips to reduce crowding and some stops will be cut to speed up the travel times. The service from downtown to Pittsford will also […]
A trial date has been set for the two remaining defendants charged in last summer’s shooting outside the Boys & Girls Club. Jalen Everett and Michael Mathis will be tried together starting October 17. Co-defendant Johnny Blackshell Jr. was recently convicted by a jury of first-degree murder charges. Three young men were killed in the […]
Closing arguments have been postponed until tomorrow in the murder trial of Johnny Blackshell, Jr. — the first of three young men charged in the drive-by shootings on Genesee Street to go on trial. Blackshell’s lawyer, Joseph Damelio, sought the adjournment while he tries to find a 17-year-old defense witness he says is reluctant to […]