Carl Simms News Today

Rochester, N.Y. — Retired law enforcement responders held a meet-and-greet at McGinny’s in Rochester Friday night.

A roundup of news and notices from Fredericksburg-area places of worship.

A roundup of news and notices from Fredericksburg-area places of worship.

National Grid is consulting on plans for pylons between Grimsby and Walpole in Norfolk.

Fourth of July celebrations took place safely at Bryant Park in Lake Worth Beach amid beefed-up security and the first time a permitless carry law is in effect on a holiday.

Notre Dame honored some of its outstanding athletic legends on Saturday at the school's annual Hall of Fame Dinner. Below are biographies provided by the school of each of the winners. Photos by Howard Owens. Top photo, Kevin Smith, Christi Moskal Ganie, and Jack Waggoner. Kevin Smith excelled as a member of the Fighting Irish Varsity Football, Basketball and Baseball teams

The new measure makes panhandling on a street median that’s 6 feet or less wide illegal. While city and police officials insist the ordinance is not targeting them, people who are homeless and their advocates say there’s no question who will be hurt the most. “I’m living on the streets,” said Charles Smith, 35, who has been panhandling in the city for about a month, “and now you want to fine me because I’m out here trying to make a living?” Smith said it’s so much easier for p...