After losing her brother to gun violence, Khadija Yawn founded 585 Dream to uplift Rochester youth with creative programs and events.

A Rochester firm focusing on the growing “food as medicine” or nutraceutical industry has created the WhatToTrust database to score the science behind products with active botanical ingredients.

Rochester’s queer comics use drag and humor to confront challenges, navigate a surge in online hate and expand local comedy culture.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — This week on Rochester In Focus, we spoke to BIPOC-PEEEEEEK, about their first class of youth peer advocates and their significance. Next, we talk about Greentopia’s ...

Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) — Rainbow flags and cheering crowds lined the sidewalk Saturday for Rochester's celebration of Pride.

Rochester, N.Y. – The 2025 Rochester Pride Parade and Festival is set to take place on Saturday, promising to draw thousands of participants and spectators.The ...

Rochester fire: Smoke seen for miles across Kent as locals warned 'shut windows' As firefighters rush to the scene, locals have been told to shut their windows and doors.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is investigating whether there is a cougar on the loose after a resident's home security camera captured video of a large feline in ...

Crews are tackling a fire at a recycling centre on an industrial estate in Medway. The blaze broke out on Clipper Close in Rochester just before 6 o'clock this morning (11 July) The blaze broke ...

Rochester School Board members Karen Stokes and Paul Cormier resign amid fallout after departure of Superintendent Annie Azarloza.

A warning over a possible mountain lion sighting prompted a shelter-in-place order upstate in Rochester, New York.

A big cat caught on camera creeping around a neighborhood in Rochester, New York. People living in the area wondered if it was a mountain lion. “I heard, I heard ‘roar. I felt that roar.’ I ...