Jennifer Lewke

1 day ago | whec.com | Jennifer Lewke

The News10NBC Team details breaking News, Traffic and Weather. ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Strong National Museum of Play has learned two of its federal grants have been terminated and it’s hoping private donors will step up to fill the gap.  A promised $400,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities intended to help build a new exhibit exploring the history and cultural impact of gameshows, has been cut.

2 days ago | whec.com | Jennifer Lewke

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The new state budget allows up to a 4-year extension for school districts if they are unable to comply with the 2027 deadline to begin purchasing zero-emission school buses.  The Commissioner of Education has been empowered to grant extensions if factors outside the district’s control, like market availability, infrastructure and/or availability of state or federal grants are impeding the ability to begin making purchases or leasing electric school buses.

3 days ago | whec.com | Jennifer Lewke

CHILI, N.Y. – Roberts Wesleyan University is restructuring to ensure its survival as the number of college-aged students is set to decrease for the first time in history. The private Christian university is laying off about 20% of its full-time faculty, reorganizing departments and cutting some programs.

6 days ago | whec.com | Jennifer Lewke

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Jails and prisons across the state are scrambling to keep up with a surge of contraband. It’s one of the issues that led to the recent strike of corrections officers across New York State. As the state looks for ways to prevent drugs from getting into prisons, it’s looking at a policy the Monroe County Jail has implemented when it comes to inmate mail. Most of the time drugs come into a facility, inside an inmates’ body but there is a growing trend of people using the mail.

1 week ago | whec.com | Jennifer Lewke

The News10NBC Team details breaking News, Traffic and Weather. ROCHESTER, N.Y. – If you get both natural gas and electric from RG&E, you’re now paying about $11 more per month. The utility entered the third year, of a three-year rate plan, previously approved by state regulators, on May 1st which allows for an increase in delivery rates. A spokesperson for RG&E says the utility needs the cash in order to expand access to power and make sure the system that brings it to us, is reliable.