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Longtime supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement and Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving has shown a great kindness to the family of George Floyd. When he was on “The Rematch” podcast with former NBA player Eten Thomas, fellow former NBA player Stephen Jackson said that Irving bought Floyd’s family a house. Jackson himself was […]

The Amerks are officially back after their first official day of training camp on Friday. They haven’t hit the ice in Blue Cross Arena since the pandemic started back in March, but with a new coaching staff and new players, they hope to bring some wins to Rochester. The new team includes a taxi squad […]

A Woman from Phelps is facing up to two years in prison after being convicted of stealing significantly large sum of money from her workplace. She reportedly stole over $700,000 from Finger Lakes Conveyers, Inc. when she was the director of finance, between 2011 – 2017. Authorities say that she wrote over 400 checks to […]

In the near future, students in Monroe County will be learning a new history curriculum, as anti-racist lessons are incorporated into the learning structure. For the first time ever, every district in the county has agreed that anti racist curriculum is necessary enough t be implemented. East High superintendent Dr. Shaun Nelms voiced that he […]

According to the County of Monroe Industrial Agency, a meeting is scheduled to be held to discuss a multi-million-square foot Amazon facility in the Town of Gates. Homeowners and local business representatives are expected to attend the public forum to air their concerns about the proposed project. Charles Parsons lives right across from the proposed […]

The Supreme Court just ruled in favor of the restaurants that are involved with the lawsuit against the state that would let them re-open if they fall inside a yellow zone. New York State Supreme Court Justice Henry Nowak heard the case from attorneys that represented the establishments involved. The restaurants claim that the micro […]

According to officials in Albany, around 7 million more New Yorkers are now eligible for the vaccine, but it could take months before they actually get the first round of shots. During his State of the State address on Tuesday, Governor Andrew Cuomo outlined a new portion of phase 1B that included new guidelines from […]

Pharmacies will be the main distributor of the COVID-19 vaccines as they become available across New York State in the coming months. While the powers that be have made this announcement, the pharmacies themselves say that it may be harder than they thought to make it happen. Places like Miller’s Pharmacy think that the State […]

Twins that were raised in Rochester have just made it onto Oprah’s Favorite Things List. Feven and Helena Yohannes were born in 1981 in a refugee camp in Sudan before their parents (who were originally from Eritrea,) were granted political asylum by the U.S. The twins started their education in city schools, No. 28 and […]

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has warned that if vaccination efforts aren’t increased dramatically, then it will be harder for everyone to reach herd immunity. Now that the first phase of vaccinations has passed, phase 1B will go into effect next week with an increased number of vaccination stations. In New York alone, there are […]