Local students make St. Joseph’s Univ. Dean’s List
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Eighteen Western New York students earned dean’s list honors for the Fall 2016 semester at Saint Joseph’s University. Students must achieve a grade point average of 3.5…
Pursuit leads to gun and drug arrest
NIAGARA FALLS — New York State Police charged 22-year-old Shaquan Shingledecker of Niagara Falls and 23-year-old Yariliss Flecha of Rochester Thursday with third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, second-degree…
Local Army National Guard soldiers begin military careers
LATHAM — Major General Anthony P. German, the Adjutant General of New York, announces the recent service accomplishment of Western New York-are members of the New York Army National Guard…
Gas prices drop slightly — but still higher in New York
The national average price for regular unleaded gasoline across the country is now $2.27 per gallon, down four cents from last week, but up 47 cents from one year ago.…
Rochester man accused of providing support to ISIL sentenced to 20 years in prison
WASHINGTON – Emanuel L. Lutchman, 26, of Rochester, who was convicted of conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), was sentenced to…
NYC pair pleads guilty in mortgage scheme against Rochester company
ROCHESTER — Forty-two-year-old Angelo Loissaint, and forty-one-year-old Jennifer Johnson, both of West Babylon, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit mail and wire fraud before U.S. District Elizabeth A. Wolford for…
Grand Jury indicts Rochester man over credit union robbery
ROCHESTER — A federal grand jury has returned two separate indictments charging Richard Leon Wilbern, 56, of Rochester, with several felony crimes. In a two-count indictment, Wilbern is charged with…
Rochester man convicted of drug trafficking and gun possession
ROCHESTER — Ian D. Goolsby, 40, of Rochester, was convicted after a jury trial of possession of heroin with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a…
Rochester man sentenced to life plus 10 for role in drug trafficking and murder
ROCHESTER — Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Angelo Ocasio, 42, of Rochester, NY was sentenced to life in prison plus 10 years for his involvement…
Rochester’s Jacobs spends winter break conducting research project
READING, Pa. — Zoe Jacobs, a senior history/secondary education major from Rochester, is spending winter Interim 2017 tackling an Albright Creative Research Experience (ACRE) project. Jacobs’ project is titled “Unexplored…