Category: Hot News, State/National News
Update: Appeals Court Delays Former Speaker Sheldon Silver’s Retrial
By Staff (Update – Aug. 3) – The Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has decided former Assembly Speaker Sheldon...
Firefighter Recruits, Including First African-American Female Recruit in 200 Years, Graduate
By Staff – The Rochester Fire Academy class of 2017, including the first African-American female recruit in the Rochester Fire...
High School Internship Leads Inner-City Youth to Success
By Alex Dean, Corporate Communications Intern at Excellus BlueCross BlueShield – Ahmad Collier, a 2017 graduate from the...
Group to Hold Educational Programs to Discuss Exhibit Featuring Controversial Image
By Staff – The Take It Down Planning Committee, a group of community activists who demanded the county remove a racist image...
RCSD Launches Free My Brother’s Keeper Parenting Workshops
By Staff – This summer, from July to August, the Rochester City School District (RCSD) will offer parents, grandparents, and...
City Recognizes Graduates of Internship Program for Students with Disabilities
By Staff – Mayor Lovely Warren has recently recognized graduates of the city’s Project SEARCH Program, which is a...
Black Millennials Honor the Lessons from Their Fathers – And Father Figures
By Hazel Trice Edney and Alanté Millow – (TriceEdneyWire.com) – Ron Busby Jr. was only in elementary school when his...
UCLM Holds Third “Greater Rochester Regional Summit on Police Community Relations”
By Staff – The United Christian Leadership Ministry of Western New York held its third “Greater Rochester Regional Summit...
Young Women’s College Prep Charter School Puts Students on Path to Success
By Staff – Young Women’s College Prep Charter School, the only all-girls public school in the Rochester City School...
Congressional Black Caucus, Lawmakers Slam Trump Budget
By Barrington M. Salmon – “President Trump’s budget is based on the ill-advised idea that the poor can pull themselves up...
