After word came late Thursday night that Rochester School Supt. Barbara Deane-Williams will retire at the end of January, New York State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia released this statement to WXXI News on Friday:

The Rochester Police Department has opened a new substation at Rochester General Hospital. 

“It’s important for us to have a private place here to talk to people if they need to report a crime or talk to police,” said Capt. Mark Wiater. 

IT workers were still wiring the room and testing the computers Friday morning, the first day of the substation’s operation. 

“Gotta make sure I can log on,” Wiater said. 

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WASHINGTON (AP)  Federal safety investigators have been unable to conduct a full examination of the limousine involved in a crash that killed 20 people nearly two weeks ago in upstate New York because local prosecutors are probing it as part of their case against the limo company's operator. 

While a National Transportation Safety Board spokesman says it is working cooperatively with local officials, people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday that investigators have privately expressed frustration over their inability to fully examine the limousine. 

The Rochester City School District will be looking for a new Superintendent of Schools.

A statement was released late Thursday night by Barbara Deane-Williams saying that she intends to retire effective January 31, 2019.

Deane-Williams did not go into specifics about why she is retiring. She will be holding a news conference late Friday afternoon.

The opioid crisis in Monroe County continues to take lives, break families, damage dreams, and devastate communities. There are now 122 reported opioid deaths in the county this year, as of October 2018. Are we seeing improvements with this epidemic or are things getting worse? The answer depends on who you ask and the statistics you read. On this edition of Need to Know we join public broadcasting stations throughout the state for a special report: New York’s Opioid Crisis.

Two longtime Rochester journalists were inducted into the New York State Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame on Thursday. 

Anchors and reporters Ginny Ryan and Doug Emblidge, both of 13-WHAM TV were inducted during a ceremony in New York City.

Ryan told us that the award is really about not just her accomplishments but a lot of people she’s worked with along the way.