A local member of Congress says he is happy that a federal government shutdown was averted over the weekend, the search for a missing 9-year-old girl who had been camping with her family in upstate New York continues, and Monroe High School in Rochester is celebrating its centennial.

A man shot by a Rochester police officer on Monday night allegedly tackled and beat the officer before fighting him for his handgun, an administrative law judge has ruled that Grenitch Generation’s crypto mining operation near Seneca Lake interferes with emission limits set forth in New York’s climate law, and a recent report by AARP shows the number of older adults living in poverty in Rochester increased 70 percent over a 10-year period.

Unionized actors have voted to potentially expand their ongoing strike to include the lucrative video game market, Rochester Mayor Malik Evans is once again calling on parents to be aware of where their children are, and what they’re doing, especially late at night, and leaders in the city of Rochester and its police department are getting behind a new police re-organization plan.

A looming federal government shutdown could stall New York State's ongoing efforts to deal with the migrant crisis, owners of a former hotel in downtown Rochester are making a last-minute pitch to save the property from demolition, and a statewide coalition calling for equitable access to quality childcare for all children in New York says it starts with paying a living wage for workers in the field.

Rochester public health icon Rosa Wims has died, the Monroe County Republican Committee has a new chair: Brighton GOP leader Patrick Reilly, and a political scientist at the University of Rochester warns that the war in Ukraine is likely to last through next year and beyond.

A new exhibit at Rochester's Strong Museum of Play delves into the world of dolls while addressing the enduring presence of racism in America, Monroe Community College has a significant increase in student enrollment for this fall semester, and a weekend event in Rochester brought attention to the life and death of Daniel Prude.

Local organizations have produced a report to address the health and wellbeing of older adults, a growing market for electricians spurs a new training center in Henrietta, and the attorney general's office has sent a cease-and-desist letter to a group accused of voter intimidation.

The Greece Central School District is joining a national legal fight to hold social media companies responsible for student struggles with mental health, city funding for downtown and other neighborhood ambassadors is on hold as Rochester City Council seeks more clarity from the Evans administration, and Governor Kathy Hochul signed a slate of bills that expand voting access across the state.

A local hospital says they’re seeing increased hospital rates due to new COVID-19 variants, the University of Rochester will be receiving millions of dollars in federal funding to research how to treat and prevent child abuse, and the City of Rochester has ordered the closure a unlicensed nightclub that was the scene of a shooting in the early morning hours of September 16.

Local Jewish leaders are speaking out after several anti-Semitic incidents over Rosh Hashana weekend, the president of the Rochester Teachers Association says concerns about safety have led to a record number of teacher resignations, and we visit a farm sanctuary in Watkins Glen.

A Rochester woman who has been dedicated to community work for decades is getting a top honor this week, New York state has to tell job seekers what a position pays when they advertise open jobs starting this week, and the union representing striking auto workers is describing its latest talks with Ford as reasonably productive.

Families in the Rochester city school district have mixed feelings about plans to close some schools and move others, New York’s Cannabis Control Board has passed regulations that will open the adult-use permitting process to the general public on October 4th, and more than a dozen community members staged a protest in Syracuse after two teenagers were shot and killed by a deputy last week.

Families in the Rochester City School District are facing a host of changes next school year, the National Toy Hall of Fame at the Strong Museum in Rochester has announced the 12 finalists being considered for induction this year, and the head of the State University of New York says the fall semester has gotten off to a great start.

The Rochester City School District may close 5 school buildings and about a dozen schools next school year, the town of Brighton is working on connecting a series of bike trails and walkways between three major colleges in the area, and a new COVID-19 vaccine is expected to be available as soon as this week now that the FDA and the CDC have given their approval.

The NYS education department started off the school year talking about the science of reading on Monday; Hundreds of local General Motors employees are ready to strike if the UAW decides to stage a walkout; and a crushing OT defeat for the Buffalo Bills who were beat by the Jets in Monday Night Football.

Dozens of firefighters and other first responders took part in a special 9/11 remembrance event at Innovative Field in downtown Rochester on Sunday, a financial debacle that battered the Rochester City School District 4 years ago continues to dog City Hall, and despite the clouds and some rain over the weekend, a number of people came out to one of Rochester’s oldest festivals.

The state’s new ethics commission is debating the language proposed in its code of conduct, the governor says she’s working on a strategy to deal with recent car thefts, and the State Senate’s first public hearing on the rollout of recreational cannabis is scheduled to take place the end of October.

Mayor Malik Evans is cracking down on landlords renting properties without a certificate of occupancy, the Rochester City School District and Monroe 2 Orleans BOCES are in line for millions of dollars in funding under the Empire State Teacher Residency Program, and a downtown Rochester ambassador program could be moving forward with money from City Hall.

The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory again today for Rochester and Western New York, the state is making COVID test kits available to schools as kids go back this week and cases are on the rise, and workforce development is growing in a market that’s short on labor but flush with cash.

Renovations of a significant building on West Main Street in Rochester are finally underway, a new tool aims to use data to create a more equitable prosecutors office, and recent labor victories were a theme at this year’s Labor Day parade in Rochester.