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A 'stubborn' brush fire took the Rochester Fire Department more than an hour to extinguish earlier today, and the department is warning residents to be careful.

Rochester first responders had to use the Jaws of Life to rescue a driver who crashed into a tree Monday afternoon on Walnut Plain Road.

Two dogs were killed in a devastating fire that completely destroyed a Rochester home Wednesday evening.

Rochester Fire Department's annual Father's Day Clam Bake not only served 560 people this year but will also give back proceeds to the community.

Two out of six people involved in a four-car crash at a Rochester intersection were transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Firefighters, paramedics, and police in Rochester were awarded at a ceremony last week for saving the life of Rochester Fire Chief Scott Weigel when he suffered a heart attack in August.

Rochester firefighters put out a fire in the shredder processer at the Covanta waste to energy plant on Route 28 Thursday night.

The Rochester Fire Department is in the process of donating a retired tanker/pumper truck to the Cayce Fire Department in Kentucky after devastating tornadoes.

A person has been taken to the hospital by medflight after a Sunday evening crash in Rochester that left them trapped in the vehicle in critical condition.

A Rochester family has been displaced in a fire that tore through part of their home in the far north of town Thursday afternoon.