Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ROCHESTER — The recent placement of historic signs dotting the downtown area offers residents and visitors a walking tour ...

As America turns 250, look back at Rochester in the 1970s through nearly 200 rare photos capturing daily life, culture and ...

“There were times where the only Blacks we saw were our family.” “Minnesota was basically a white state.” These words, from elders of Rochester’s Black community, greet visitors at the start of the ...

The book explores the stories, achievements and some of the firsts from African American families who helped shape Rochester.

Rochester is one of the snowiest cities in the United States. We can thank our location for that. The area is astride common storm tracks and far enough north that precipitation often falls as snow ...

ROCHESTER — An old building that once connected to the lives and rhythms of a city decades ago can, frankly, easily be forgotten in the churn of progress. A case in point is the near-century-old ...

Buoyed by a partnership between RIT and the Rochester Public Library, the Rochester History journal has a new look and a growing readership. The journal’s 21st-century makeover is turning heads and ...

In Rochester's weather almanac, six days have been recorded at 100 degrees or hotter. And all of those days occurred in three years, 1911, 1936 and 1953. The hottest days ever recorded in Rochester ...

ROCHESTER — The recent placement of historic signs dotting the downtown area offers residents and visitors a walking tour opportunity to learn more about the city's past and how it became what it is ...