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Rochester, N.Y. - At Rochester’s Convention Center downtown there are magicians, face painters, jugglers, carnival games, a “bounce house” - and more.In the Lilac Room Jimmy C’s Music Machine is warming up for a dance party.The goal is to make the New Year’s Eve event f...amily friendly, according to Blue Apple’s Will Irwin....

Rochester, N.Y. - At Rochester’s Convention Center downtown there are magicians, face painters, jugglers, carnival games, a “bounce house” - and more.In the Lilac Room Jimmy C’s Music Machine is warming up for a dance party.The goal is to make the New Year’s Eve event f...amily friendly, according to Blue Apple’s Will Irwin....

Will Buddy Nix be the General Manager that helps the Bills finally get back to the playoffs?  His first job is to find the team's next head coach.  Mike and Chuck have their thoughts on who Nix could hire, and the daunting task ahead of him as the Bills General Manager.

Albany/Rochester, N.Y. - The New York State Thruway took $918 million in revenue last year. Some New York residents wonder why the state is still charging a toll when the original plan stated that tolls would be eliminated in 1996. New York State Thruway Authority direc...tors say they can not afford not to charge a toll -- or if they did, the state would have to tax every family in New...

Rochester, N.Y. - A new position has been created at the Rochester Fire Department and only one name is being mentioned for that position.Published reports and the firefighters union are linking Molly Clifford to the new position. Clifford's job with the city was elimin...ated during a time when other city jobs were cut to economize....

Tiger Woods is losing another sponsor. AT&T indicated it will no longer sponsor Woods, joining Accenture and Gillette in dropping support for the golfer after numerous allegations of infidelities.AT&T’s logo appeared on Woods' golf bag, and has been the title sponsor of... a PGA event in July with Woods as the host.

Irondequoit, N.Y. – The Red Cross is assisting two adults and one child Thursday after a fire on Highview Drive. Fire officials say the fire started in the basement at the home Thursday afternoon. The homeowner was able to get out of the house safely. No one was injured.... Firefighters say that since it was very smoky inside the house, it was difficult to find the source of the fire....

Rochester, N.Y. -- Two local couples don't consider themselves heroes, but this October they helped save survivors of a mid-ocean plane crash. The four were scuba diving near the Bonaire islands, just off the coast of Venezuela, on October 21, when a small island commut...er plane went down about a quarter of a mile away.  As the divers surfaced, the plane went beneath the water.   “I could see the plane sitting...

Rochester, N.Y. -- As the midnight deadline looms, it appears unlikely that Fox and Time Warner Cable will settle a dispute over fees. If they don't reach an agreement, Time Warner customers in Rochester will lose FX, Fuel, the Fox Reality Channel, Speed Channel, Fox So...ccer Channel, and Fox Sports World Espanol....

Wayne County, N.Y. – Wayne County’s new sheriff began work Thursday. Sheriff Barry Virts took office at midnight. He takes over for Richard Pisciotti, who retired after 27 years. Pisciotti has been serving in a part-time capacity since suffering a heart attack this past... July. He says he is ready to spend more time with his family....

Buddy Nix will be introduced as the Bills new General Manager at a 2:30 press conference in Orchard Park.Nix has served as the Bills Director of College Scouting for the past season.  Prior to joining the Bills, Nix was the assistant GM and Director of Player Personnel ...for the San Diego Chargers.We will have more from Orchard Park tonight on 13WHAM News at 5 and 6.

(Rochester, N.Y.) -- Rochester police say an officer was among those injured by a high-speed driver on Wednesday night. The driver caused two separate crashes.Captain Todd Baxter says the officer was following a suspicious vehicle onto Route 104 near St. Paul Street aro...und 8:30 p.m. "The vehicle started to speed up, attaining approximate speeds of up to 100 miles per hour....

Rochester, N.Y. - Ring in the New Year in the city by starting the evening with free ice skating at Manhattan Square Park at 6 o'clock.Then, for free family-themed entertainment, head over to the Convention Center.  Downtown fireworks begin at 10.Free Bus RidesHelping t...o ring in 2010 safely, the Rochester Genesee Regional Transportation Authority will offer free RTS bus rides to all on New Year's Eve.The free service begins at 6:30 p.m....

Gorham, N.Y. - Police ticketed the driver of a car that crashed into a horse and buggy Sunday in Gorham, Ontario County.Police said a family of four was traveling in their buggy when it was hit from behind by a car.  They were all sent to the hospital.    The car driver..., Stephen Barra, 58, said he didn't see the buggy because of the sun glare.

Chili, N.Y. –The Sheriff and Churchville Fire Ambulance responded to a call about an accident at the main sledding hill in Black Creek Park.The slider was in the legal sledding area and hit a safety fence. Park staff and Fire Department personnel said it was a routine injury and not life-threatening.

Rochester, N.Y. – A man has been arrested on a two count federal indictment in connection with the robbery of a Hess station in Gates in September of ’08.Sadaki Graham, 26, is charged with forcibly stealing money while brandishing a firearm. He faces a sentence of up to... 20 years if convicted of the robbery, more years could be added if convicted of brandishing the firearm.He is being held without bail...

Bath, N.Y. – The body of a 66-year old man has been found on a side trail in the woods near Obrien Road in Bath.Travis Shawn hadn’t been seen by friends in more than a week when a search was organized Tuesday. When State Troopers, a New York State Environmental Conserva...tion Crew and a forest ranger searched the remote heavily wooded area around Shawn’s residence – they found Shawn’s body.His body is being taken...

(Rochester, N.Y.) – Losing weight and exercising top many of our New Year’s resolutions. If you’re among those shopping for a gym membership, experts say you should exercise caution.• Be sure to read the fine print. Find out if you can break a contract without any fees.... Downtown Fitness Club owner John Hutchings said gyms are getting more flexible.“A lot of gyms offer month to month contracts with no penalty if...

Hamlin, N.Y. –Part of the Lake Ontario State parkway is shutdown behind Newco Drive in Hamlin, Monroe County Sheriff department officials say. The sheriff’s department says a man is holed up inside his house on Newco Drive with a gun. No word on whether or not the man is a threat to himself or other people....

Rochester, N.Y. -- Helping to ring in 2010 safely, the Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority will be offering free RTS bus rides to all this New Year's Eve. The free service will begin at 6:30 tomorrow night on all regular RTS routes, and will continue thr...ough 2:00 a.m. on Friday, January 1st, 2010....

Monroe County, N.Y. – The Monroe County Sheriff’s department will be on the lookout for drunk drivers on New Year’s Eve. Just like previous years, extra patrols will be on the road. There will also be sobriety checkpoints and underage drinking bar sweeps. The stop-DWI crackdown runs through this weekend.

Penfield, N.Y. – Penfield firefighters were called to a fire on Jackson Road early Wednesday morning. Officials say the fire started at a home at 18-01 Jackson Road about 3:30 a.m. The homeowner was awake and got out safely before firefighters arrived on scene. The fire was quickly brought under control....

Rochester, N.Y. -- The Ginna Nuclear Power plant was shut down early Wednesday morning because of a problem with some equipment used to control its turbine. A leak of some hydraulic oil caused the turbine to automatically shut down just after 4:30 a.m. A small complicat...ion during shutdown caused some damage to a small relief valve....

Convicted killer Walter Casper was released from prison today. Casper admitted killing his wife 10 years ago by sending her over a cliff in her minivan. He was originally supposed to be released next June, but earned an early release from prison for good behavior.  The ...State Division of Parole tells us Casper must report to his parole officer within 24 hours.  He is living in Ontario County and has a...

Kendall, N.Y. -- An overnight fire at a horse barn killed three horses early Wednesday Morning.The fire broke out just before 1:30am at the barn on Norway Road in the Town of Kendall.  Fire crews from Morton, Kendall, Holley, Hamlin and Hulverton all responded to the sc...ene. It took crews more than an hour to put out the blaze.Firefighters say a lack of water and the cold weather hampered their efforts. ...

Alton, N.Y. – The “Cracker Box Palace” is a farm animal refuge where, even on the coldest days, animals are rescued, tended and loved."There was a terrible cruelty case in fall 2008 in Sodus,” said Alice Irwin of the refuge. “We took in about 12 horses, a donkey and som...e other animals.  The horses were as bad as anyone had ever seen....

Rochester, N.Y. – Two stabbings reportedly took place on Aldine Street, according to Rural Metro Ambulance which has paramedics on the scene.Aldine is near Wilson Magnet High School in the city.13 WHAM News will bring you more details as soon as they are available.