Rome News

Bon Appetit : The many pitfalls when lighting a grill, and how to avoid them without resorting to lighter fluid.

Well, well, as we read this morning, the Plan B emergency contraceptive is inching its tortured way towards being offered on drugstore shelves with no age restrictions.

HAWTHORNE, N.Y. A Hawthorne nun who founded a Dominican order and spent the better part of her life treating poor cancer patients is one step closer to becoming a saint.

June is, without question, one of the best months of the year. School is out and vacation has begun.

The double homicide investigation in Rome, with Aaron Welch as the suspect, will go to Oneida County grand jury, according to Rome City Court.

Today, the House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014, which determined there will be no military base realignments or closures in 2014.

A Rome man is facing charges after authorities say he had sexual contact with a five year old girl.

Hours: Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10 a.m.; Sunday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; final seatings are about 30 minutes before closing time.

Fulton County Sheriff Thomas Lorey tells local media outlets the remains found Wednesday near an ice cream stand a mile from the main wreck site are likely those of 64-year-old Frank Amerosa.

An upstate New York man accused of killing the mother of his child and a friend who tried to save her has been charged with murder.

The man accused of stabbing two people to death in Rome, has been arraigned. Aaron Welch of Schenectady plead not guilty in court today and was arraigned on one count each of first and second degree murder for the deaths of Morrison and Kessler.

Logos Technologies LLC has been awarded a $49,750,000 Small Business Innovative Research Phase III indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate in Rome, N.Y. The award has a five-year period of performance.

Harlem Grown works with P.S. 175 and other local schools to promote sustainability and healthy eating.

Brian Ellis, who invented solar-powered traffic lights and has always had a passion for renewable energy, hopes to make the boat a unique tourist attraction for the town.

The commander of the 10th Mountain Division and Fort Drum held off on giving an opinion when asked about locating an East Coast missile defense site on post, citing the need to wait for results of a Defense Department site study.

The word "cult" in French means "a form of worship", without any of its negative, exclusivist implications in English: devotees indeed intended it to be a universal congregation.

The carousel at the New York State Museum is packed, Thursday, with care-free children.

Visit the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia where legend has it that she made the first flag but there is no documented evidence that says she did which is always dilemma for historians.

After 14 years in the same space with the same lavender-painted hardwood floors, Kirna ZabAate, the SoHo emporium of daring design, is moving this month to a new home with twice the space.

Police in Rome say they found 26-year-old Aaron Welch after an intense search through the woods using dogs and helicopters.