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Staunton, Virginia is located in Staunton County. Zip codes in Staunton, VA include 24401, 24402, and 24407. The median home price in Staunton is $175,000. More Staunton information.

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3 hrs ago | WHSV-TV Harrisonburg

Church Group Prepares to Take Volunteer Trip in Oklahoma

Randall Black, the pastor at Faithpoint, said area businesses and sponsors helped his group get a trailer and collect donations.

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Mon May 20, 2013

Northern Virginia Daily

VDOT to hold meeting on Va. 277 project

The Virginia Department of Transportation plans to hold a public information meeting next week on a proposal to widen Va.

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Fri May 17, 2013

American Legion Magazine

Graduation Day for women cadets

On May 19 at Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Va., eight women are graduating from America's premier military leadership program for female cadets.

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Thu May 16, 2013

NBC29

Police Investigate Minor Explosion in Augusta

The Augusta County Sheriff's Office got the call about the explosion just before 5 a.m. Thursday.

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Tue May 14, 2013

WHIOTV

Taxpayers foot the bill to fly near-empty airplanes

Millions of taxpayer dollars are being spent to fly near-empty commercial airplanes into small town airports around the country.

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Penn State

Harrisburg's Jaster inspires students through Shakespeare

Margaret Jaster, associate professor of English and humanities at Penn State Harrisburg, has received The American Shakespeare Center's 2013 Words in Action Award.

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Sat May 11, 2013

WHSV-TV Harrisonburg

Art Center Opens Exhibit Created by People with Mental Illnesses

Some people in the Valley are displaying their art but it's not the average exhibit.

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Fri May 10, 2013

NBC29

Fluvanna Man Pleads Guilty to Setting Own House on Fire

A Fluvanna man has pleaded guilty to setting his own house on fire. Jeffery Wayne Rosson of Troy pleaded guilty to felony arson on Thursday.

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Thu May 09, 2013

WHSV-TV Harrisonburg

Staunton City Council Raises Trash Service Fee

Only one person on the Staunton city council voted against raising the fee for trash service.

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Wed May 08, 2013

CNN

Music helps autistic girl

A few weeks ago, Emmanuela Kolman brought home her middle-school report card. She got an A in band, and her parents couldn't be prouder.

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The Reporter

Teenager is not defined by color

Who am I? I am a regular teenage girl. I go to school, hang at the mall with my friends, and listen to music my father doesn't quite understand.

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Mon May 06, 2013

WHSV-TV Harrisonburg

Water Main Break Closes Parts of Staunton Road

Staunton police said the 800, 900, and 1000 blocks of the road are closed. That's everything between Statler Blvd.

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Sat May 04, 2013

The Daily News Leader

Local man passionate about art, music and historic restoration

And there are more to come. Potter, 32, was born at King's Daughters Hospital in Staunton.

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Fri May 03, 2013

The Daily News Leader

Captured silver sparked violence and editorial jousting

As the sesquicentennial of the Civil War continues, it is impossible to resist some of the stories we've covered in the past that now are enjoying their 150th anniversaries.

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The Daily News Leader

Richard III, brawls mark early Staunton history

In the first decade of the 20th century, the city's trash dump was located at the foot of a hill in front of the entrance to Gypsy Hill Park, at about where the old Robert E. Lee High School building is located.

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Thu May 02, 2013

The Daily News Leader

An expert identifies Staunton's historic mail-order homes

In the old days, you could just order one out of a catalog, and it would come in a kit with instructions for you to put it together.

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The Daily News Leader

Cynthia J. Witwer

Cindy was born Jan. 12, 1974, in Jacksonville, Ill. to John L. Witwer and Joyce Elaine Granade Witwer.

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Wed May 01, 2013

The Daily News Leader

Kaine touts solution to transition veterans into workforce during Staunton speech

Just a year removed from high school, Mary Baldwin College student Alixandria Reinhard has a career in mind, and the job search once that career is over.

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The Daily News Leader

Shooting suspect feared for his life

A Burke man accused in the wounding of another man during a 2011 party at the Weyers Cave Community Center said Wednesday he pulled a gun and fired the weapon after being beaten by a group of men, according to testimony on day one of his jury trial in Augusta County Circuit Court.

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Tue Apr 30, 2013

The Daily News Leader

Jaxon Andrew Ralston

He weighed 8 pounds, 6 1 2 ounces. Maternal grandparents are Mary Reed of Goshen and Steven Ryder of Staunton.

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