Livingston County

The salesman was able to partially free himself and flag down a passing car.

McLemore was arrested six hours later after a high-speed chase in York, Livingston County.

A year later Okay, there's that incident in the year 2000.

A year later, so I guess in the year 2001, McLemore was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for kidnapping and armed robbery.

This is from the October 14th issue of the paper.

Lima.

A Leroy man was fatally injured in a motorcycle crash October 10th on East Main Road near the village of Lima Line, reports the Livingston County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies were called about 6.30 p.m. after receiving calls reporting a motor vehicle crash that had just occurred involving a motorcycle.

Uh, mostly he did that by digging into his own pocket and spending his own money.

Um, and it's, of course, is in Livingston County, named for a man who, uh, signed the Declaration of Independence.

I grew up in Steuben County, named for a, a fellow who came over here from what we now call Germany to be the drill master, if you will, uh, of the Revolutionary Army.

Our, uh, uh, early American heritage in this area, as represented by, like, Wayne County, isn't that named after Mad Anthony Wayne or something like that? Uh, some- one of the, uh, uh, generals back in the, uh, uh, day.

Like, even when, uh, you know, you had the, uh, all the folks who were coming across the border illegally and they needed some place to put them, you wanted to say, "Well, hold on, you've got barrack buildings after barrack building after ba- with kitchen facilities, with appropriate plumbing for all that many people," and then it, it just sat there.

At any rate, that massive facility cost many tens of millions of dollars for the State of New York to build, uh, on 150 acres of land, uh, sold recently by the Livingston County Industrial Development Authority, uh, uh, to, uh, uh, a private concern for $1.1 million.

Um, that's a really good deal.

But what they hope to do, these, uh, this private concern, is they call themselves Liberty Rock Salt, um, and they want to put in a, a salt mine.

It would create, uh, a hub where you would have some, uh, very skilled, uh, specialized, um, uh, type people, uh, salt miners.

And if you have two places that employ these highly skilled people, the salt miners, uh, that tends to equate to better wages for the salt miners, and that'd be a, a very, very good thing.

And, you know, if you added, uh, potentially 300, uh, high-paying salt miner jobs, uh, to that portion of Livingston County, it would be a, a huge thing.

And as we've seen, you know, the last couple of winters, um, it is possible for our whole region, uh, to get shook, uh, because of an inadequacy of, of, of rock salt.

Hello, this is Will Evans, and for the next hour, I'll be reading from the Thursday, October 8, 2026 issues of the Batavia Daily News on the Niagara Frontier Radio Reading Service.

Leading off this morning, Livingston County sells former state prison.

Nunda Company plans $300 million investment for a new salt mine.

This is from Jenna Seale.

The former Livingston County Correctional facility could ultimately become a salt mine employing 300 people if a developer's plans are realized.

The board of the Livingston County Industrial Development Agency voted October 2nd to approve a resolution authorizing the sale of the former Livingston Correctional Facility for $1.1 million to a newly formed salt mining company, Liberty Rock Salt LLC of Nunda.

The company seeks to reuse the remaining grounds of the facility as a startup location for a salt mine shaft, stockpile, and bagging location, according to IDA documents.

Liberty Rock Salt's initial investment would be around $300 million, and it would take about four to five years for the mine to be operational.

At any rate, um, that facility has sat there empty and unused, uh, for a long, long time, heartbreakingly.

Um, at any rate, uh, uh, the property, uh, went into the control of the Livingston County Industrial Development, uh, Authority.

And now that property, uh, has been sold for $1.1 million, uh, to something called Liberty Rock Salt.

Um, this is a, uh, a startup.

So I hope that this comes to pass.

Uh, it would be a massive, uh, boost, uh, in terms of economic development.

The largest employer, uh, non-governmental, and the most significant core, uh, source of cash into the Livingston County economy is the American Rock Salt mine.

And if it were to develop something of a, uh, a twin down the road, that would just, uh, double the fun, honest with you.

With him in his vehicle was his 60-year-old father, Richard Flugel Sr., who was deceased, um, at the hand of Richard Flugel Jr., the, uh, uh, son.

He had, uh, killed his father, and, uh, the next day, um, apparently after talking to the lawyer, the lawyer says, "Well, we need to go in." Um, uh, there the victim and the, um, uh, alleged killer, uh, presented themselves to the Livingston County Sheriff's, uh, office.

At any rate, uh, the son has now pled guilty to murder, uh, in the, uh, decease of, uh, the father.

And the details, the whys and the wherefores, um, I don't think we've ever been told, and there being no trial now, we won't find out.

The boy was then about five years old.

While at Hinesboro, William Arthur also preached at Essex, Vermont, and when he left Hinesboro, he removed his family to York, Livingston County, New York, and went there to preach.

After preaching a while, he removed to Perry, Wyoming County, and preached there.

Then he went to Greenwich, Washington County, in the same state, and afterwards moved to Schenectady, New York.

He at once prepared himself with characteristic energy and assiduity for the sacred calling, and in due course of time was installed as minister of a Baptist church at Bennington.

He was subsequently settled in Hinesburg, Fairfield, and and Williston, in Vermont, and in 1835 removed to western New York.

After laboring a while at York, Livingston County, and Perry, Wyoming County, he accepted a call for the Baptist Church at Greenwich, Washington County, and in that field remained five years.

Later he removed to Schenectady, and before settling down permanently at Newtonville, had charges successively at Schenectady, Lansingburg, Hoosick and West Troy.

And, and, and check this out.

You know something, ladies and gentlemen? This weekend there's something that I believe to be pretty darn special in Livingston County happening.

See, people from across the region are bringing, check this out, the dental chairs, the medical equipment, the eyeglasses, the professional experience, volunteer hours, and community support right into Mount Morris.

Yep.

Wow.

How exciting.

So, so you know, th- this is a, a partnership that came together, right? I believe it's, uh, Common Ground Health, the Greater Rochester Health Foundation, Livingston County Department of Health, uh, New York State Dental Association, the Rotary District 7120, Sun Life, DentaQuest, uh, uh, the, the Masonic Service Bureau, and the Dental Foundation, and RAM.

Did I miss any partners?