Community
A time of transition for Catholics
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With the naming of the first American pope, local Catholics see both hope and challenges for a church amid the crosscurrents of change.
Education
Breaking silence over a Pittsford school incident
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The parents of a former Barker Road Middle School student are speaking out about how school and district officials responded to an incident in which the couple’s daughter was touched inappropriately by a lunch monitor.
Justice & Public Safety
Wrongfully convicted man seeks $200 million in suit
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Michael Rhynes, whose double-homicide conviction was vacated after he served nearly four decades in state prison, alleges Monroe County prosecutors and Rochester police conspired to frame him.
Community
For RGRTA, the road ahead looks rough without more state funding
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The Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority, which operates the Regional Transit Service, needs a sharp increase in state funding to keep pace with rising expenses.
Justice & Public Safety
A $12.5 million verdict
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The first case with a judgment against the Rochester City School District and Edwin Fleming, a former East High School music teacher accused of sexually abusing girls, was decided on Feb. 24.
Justice & Public Safety
Murder charges filed in death of Marcy inmate Brooks
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Robert Brooks, from Rochester, died in December after several corrections officers beat him and hoisted him by the neck in Marcy Correctional Facility.
Health & Science
Workers authorize strike at UR Medicine Home Care
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The company and its 110 professional and clinical home care workers have been negotiating a first union contract for the last nine months.
Economy & Business
A new cloud over Li-Cycle
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The Toronto-based company, whose nearly $1 billion Rochester Hub construction project is on hold, says a Trump executive order aligns with its role in critical mineral recovery. But the firm has been silent on how the directive might impact the domestic electric vehicle market—its main source of revenues.
Food & Agriculture
United Farm Workers secures first contract in New York
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The California-based union reached an agreement with Cahoon Farms in Wolcott Thursday amid a concerted organizing push into New York with legal hurdles.
Justice & Public Safety
New York suing Trump administration over federal funding freeze
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The state is joining 21 others to thwart a policy announced Tuesday that may halt trillions of federal dollars from disbursement.