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First Female Fire Chief In Yates County
Branchport, N.Y. – Sandy Bates can build a beautiful bouquet. She has owned Rosewood Flowers and Gifts in Branchport since 1995. A couple years after running shop, Bates got a bit bored. “I needed something exciting in my life, so I decided to join the (Branchport/Keuka Park) fire department,” Bates said. She said she did everything the male firefighters would
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Police: Canandaigua Woman Stabbed Husband In Back With Kitchen Knife
Canandaigua, N.Y. – A Canandaigua woman is accused of stabbing her husband in the back with a kitchen knife Tuesday afternoon. The Canandaigua Police Department said Marinela Catalfamo, 59, stabbed her husband as he walked away from her following a dispute. Catalfamo was charged with assault in the second degree, a class D felony. Police said the husband also suffered
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Rochester Woman Sentenced For Helping Inmate Escape
Rochester, N.Y. – A woman who was convicted of making material false statements was sentenced to 10 months of home confinement followed by three years of supervised release by a U.S. District Judge. According to federal prosecutors, Lakesia Binion was involved in the escape of federal inmate Joseph Mitchell on March 31, 2011. During an investigation, officers learned that Binion
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Boy Scout Leaders To Vote On Lifting Gay Ban
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) - The national council of the Boy Scouts of America is deciding whether to change the group's long-standing ban on openly gay boys. Scouting leaders from around the country are gathered at a resort in Grapevine, Texas, near the youth organization's suburban Dallas headquarters, for their annual national meeting. The three-day meeting is being closely watched because
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Cuomo: No Taxes For Businesses That Open Near Colleges
Albany, N.Y. – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a plan Wednesday that would shelter new businesses from taxes – as long as they are within a certain distance of a SUNY or private college. In the plan, which he calls “Tax-Free NY”, Cuomo called for no property, sales, business, or corporate taxes for new businesses that are willing to
13WHAM Blogs
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Bath Salts: How the Hidden Drug Problem Could Affect the Merkel / Scerbo Trials
On a late Saturday night in Penfield last summer, 29-year-old Ray Shrout was looking to buy drugs. He wanted a couple of grams for his group of friends, and he thought he knew where he could get the drugs. He went to a house in Penfield and paid $120 for two grams of a white powder. What was that white
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Do You Know Your Neighbor?
How well do you know your neighbor? I think that's a question many communities have been asking in light of the three kidnapping victims, Amanda Berry, Michele Knight, and Gina DeJesus, found in early May. Neighbors said they felt shock knowing Ariel Castro had something to do with the brutal rape and torture of these three girls. Many said Castro
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Why We Honor Our Mothers
Mothers get one day each year to be honored. But in reality, they should be celebrated every day. Think about it, we wouldn't be here, if not for our mothers (and fathers of course). The dynamics of each family may be different. Some have a mother and a father. Some have two mothers or two fathers. Some are raised by single
Waste Watch
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Waste Watch: TSA Wastes Money Storing Equipment
Rochester, N.Y. - The next time you're waiting in the security line at a crowded airport consider this: instead of being in use, thousands of security scanners and other devices worth $185 million dollars are sitting in a warehouse in Texas. 13Wham News learned taxpayers paid for these machines and are now paying to store them. "TSA is wasting hundreds
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Waste Watch: Canandaigua Harbor Hotel
Canandaigua, N.Y. - The new Canandaigua Harbor Hotel project at Steamboat Landing has not moved forward on the schedule predicted by the owner, local businessman David Genecco. As recently as January, Genecco predicted an April start to construction at the waterfront site. 13 WHAM spent days trying to uncover the reasons for what appeared to be another delay in the
Your Stories
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Your Stories Investigation: A Dozen Couples Still Waiting For Wedding Photos
Rochester, N.Y.— About a year ago , 13WHAM News told you about a local Rochester-area wedding photographer named Jennifer MacPherson. At the time, MacPherson lived in Holley and two newlywed couples who were married in the Rochester area were desperately trying to get a hold of her because she wouldn’t return calls or e-mails. The couples had been waiting months
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Your Stories Update: Flashing Chili Light
Chili, N.Y. - Many viewers have been asking for an update on one of Your Stories about a traffic light at a busy Chili intersection. The signal at Archer and Beaver roads in Chili has been down since the pole was damaged in an accident back in November. It is now a flashing red light on one side, and yellow
Made In Our Hometown
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Made in Our Hometown: Monks' Bread
Piffard, N.Y. - As we continue our Made In Our Hometown series we focus on a company where the bread and butter... is bread. Monks' Bread is at the Abbey of the Genesee in Piffard near Geneseo in Livingston County. Monks start their day and their bread making early. When we arrived at 9:00 AM we got to see the
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Made in our Hometown: Teenager's Gift for Opera
Rochester, N.Y. - One of the most talented young vocalists in the country is getting ready to begin a dual-major program at the University of Rochester and the Eastman School of Music. 18-year-old Aaron Bigeleisen will graduate from McQuaid and embark on a career that could take him to the great opera houses of the world. Listen to his voice,
Local Sports
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RIT Prepares For NCAA Championship
For the first time in school history, the RIT Men's lacrosse team will be playing for a National Championship. After beating SUNY Cortland last Sunday in overtime, the Tigers set their sights on Stevenson University. RIT and Stevenson played in the first game of the season this year, a game in which the Tigers lost in overtime. The Division Three
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RIT Beats Cortland, Advances To NCAA Championship Game
CORTLAND, NY -- For the first time in the program's illustrious history, the RIT (19-2) men's lacrosse team will play for the NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse national title thanks to Allister Warren's overtime goal with 1:55 to play to give the Tigers a 10-9 win over top seeded and previously undefeated SUNY Cortland in the semifinals on Sunday. RIT
State News
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Face Transplant Surgery - 27 Hours
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House Panel Seeks To Curb Military Sexual Assaults
Washington (AP) - A House panel is poised to approve a series of revisions to military law in an effort to stem the growing epidemic of sexual assaults in the armed forces. A vote is scheduled Wednesday on the changes, which include stripping commanding officers of their unilateral authority to change or dismiss a court-martial conviction and requiring that
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IRS Div. Leader to Use 5th Amendment – Won’t Testify
Washington - The new acting head of the Internal Revenue Service is set to take over the service today, May 22. At the same time, the head of the IRS division that targeted conservative groups for added scrutiny says she will decline to testify at a congressional hearing today. Lois Lerner says she will exercise her Fifth Amendment right [not
National News
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FDA panel backs experimental new insomnia drug
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal panel of medical experts says that an experimental insomnia drug from Merck & Co Inc. appears safe and effective, despite evidence from company trials that the pill can cause daytime sleepiness and difficulty driving. A majority of panelists on the Food and Drug Administration panel voted that Merck's sleeping aid, suvorexant, helped patients get to
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US Navy's unmanned ocean jet makes first flight
PALMDALE, Calif. (AP) — An unmanned jet built for the U.S. Navy's high-altitude maritime surveillance missions made its first flight on Wednesday, officials said. Northrop Grumman Corp., the manufacturer of the aircraft, said the MQ-4C Triton took off from Palmdale, Calif., on Wednesday and completed a 90-minute flight. The aircraft is designed to fly missions lasting up to 24 hours
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Judge sorry for delay in case of gov't information leak
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge is apologizing for an 18-month delay in unsealing documents in a case involving an alleged leak of classified information to a reporter. The documents include two warrants for the email accounts of Stephen Kim, a State Department adviser who faces charges of leaking secret information about North Korea to Fox News reporter James Rosen.
World News
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New Paraguay leaders promise more free milk
ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Paraguay exports enough soy, wheat and corn to feed 80 million people, more than 10 times its population, and its rivers provide abundant fresh water. But 14 percent of its children suffer chronic malnutrition, and many others lack of clean drinking water. Public Health Minister Antonio Arbo and Vice President-elect Juan Afara cited these numbers Wednesday
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Georgian ex-prime minister jailed for 2 months
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — A court in Georgia has ordered that a former prime minister be held in jail for two months pending trial on charges of embezzlement and abuse of office. The decision by the court in the city of Kutaisi on Wednesday came a day after Vano Merabishvili was arrested. Former labor minister Zurab Chiaberashvili, arrested along with
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Mexico drug cartel dominates, torches western state
LA RUANA, Mexico (AP) — The western Mexico state of Michoacan is burning. A drug cartel that takes its name from an ancient monastic order has set fire to lumber yards, packing plants and passenger buses in a medieval-like reign of terror. The Knights Templar cartel is extorting protection from all sorts of businesses, prompting a backlash in the western
College News
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James Carville Speaks at Hobart And Smith Graduation
Geneva, N.Y. - Graduates at Hobart and William Smith Colleges were handed diplomas this weekend.
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GOP Bill Would Give Students Lower Interest Rates
Washington - House Republicans are looking at a student loan system that would give students lower interest rates...but would cost them more over time.
Consumer News & Recalls
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Average Credit Card Debt, Late Payments Fall in 1Q
Los Angeles (AP) - New consumer credit data show that Americans were more diligent about making their card payments on time in the first three months of the year. Credit reporting agency TransUnion says the rate of credit card payments at least 90 days overdue fell to 0.69 percent in the first quarter. That's a drop of nearly 19 percent
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Tiny Preemies Get Boost From Live Music Therapy
Chicago (AP) - A rock song says music can soothe the soul but hospitals are finding it can help premature infants and other sick babies, too. Music therapy played live is increasingly being used in newborn intensive care units around the country. Research suggests it may slow stressed infants' heartbeats, calm their breathing, and improve sucking and sleeping.