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          <title>Mossy Creek burger lands on national stage</title>
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Where no local burger has gone before, the &#8220;Chubby Melt&#8221; went this week: straight to the tip of David Letterman&#8217;s tongue.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Ex&#45;Fort Defiance coach sues county schools</title>
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Heralded for leading wrestlers to 13 state championship matches, a former Fort Defiance High School wrestling coach has filed a lawsuit against Augusta County Public Schools claiming officials fired him for racial reasons.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Arrest made in Speedway clubbing</title>
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Deputies have arrested a Waynesboro man on charges he clubbed an Eastside Speedway security guard with a metal pipe.           ]]></description>
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          <title>A growing tradition</title>
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R.E. Lee needs additional space for its football trophies           ]]></description>
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          <title>Former roommate pleads to murder</title>
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One of two Staunton men accused of killing a former roommate pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Man arrested for speedway attack</title>
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Deputies arrested a Waynesboro man Thursday night, pinning charges on him for the attack of an Eastside Speedway security guard.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:05:39 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Unwanted meds to be collected for safe disposal Saturday</title>
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Expired medications and illegal drugs will be accepted anonymously and without question for safe disposal Saturday at Augusta Health in Fishersville.

&#8220;Our goal is more than 50,000 doses,&#8221; said Doug Holroyd, director of pharmacy services at the hospital. &#8220;To destroy meds in regular trash, it can either get into the water supply or into the hands of somebody you don&#8217;t want them to ... dogs ... kids.&#8221;           ]]></description>
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          <title>Bell granted unpaid leave</title>
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VERONA &#8211; The Augusta County School Board Thursday reversed a decision by Superintendent Gary McQuain and voted 5-2 to grant newly elected House 20 Del. Dickie Bell&#8217;s request for an unpaid leave of absence from his special education teaching duties so he can serve in Richmond.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:01:46 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Alleged thief arrested Wednesday</title>
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A Staunton teen stole a car to use credit cards he&#8217;d stolen from the owner, then found her waiting when he tried to return the vehicle, authorities said.

Augusta County Sheriff&#8217;s deputies arrested Bryan Layne, 19, Wednesday. Authorities said they suspect more people are connected to the crime.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Sen. Deeds unable to secure Obama base</title>
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Democrat Creigh Deeds wrongly focused on social issues and lost to Republican Robert F. McDonnell in the race for governor in part because young, African-American and other voters who supported Barack Obama a year ago stayed home, a political expert said.           ]]></description>
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          <title>H1N1 Round one</title>
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Vaccines arrive for &#8216;high risk&#8217; patients           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:01:22 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Bell pursues seamless resignation from post</title>
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House District 20 Del.-elect Dickie Bell expects to resign his Staunton City Council seat by the end of the year, which will give the remaining council members 45 days to appoint a successor.           ]]></description>
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          <title>12 killed in Hood spree</title>
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Virginia-born psychiatrist opens fire on army base           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:01:15 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Former prison guard charged anew for ring</title>
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STAUNTON &#8212; Authorities have charged a former county prison guard with bribery as part of a ring they say delivered drugs to inmates.

For months April M. Hogsett, 26, of Doe Hill, used her position at the Augusta County Correctional Center to work as a liaison between prisoners and an outside drug source, according to court records.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Tonight: Bell appeals denial of unpaid leave</title>
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House District 20 Del.-elect Dickie Bell plans to appear tonight before the Augusta County School Board to appeal the denial of his request for a leave of absence from his teaching job during the upcoming General Assembly session.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Results a &#8216;warning&#8217;</title>
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E. Coli, hard water surface during private system tests           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:01:23 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Write&#45;ins wrangled</title>
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Officials work throughout the day for final tallies           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:01:12 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Staunton pair guilty of infant abuse</title>
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Only weeks after their relationship skidded into trouble, a Staunton pair pleaded guilty Wednesday to injuring their infant child.

Richard Lee Steppe, 30, and Patience Dannielle Armentrout, 19, appeared before a Waynesboro Circuit Court judge to admit to felony child abuse of their 2-month-old baby.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Bribery charged against former officer</title>
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An former corrections officer accused of delivering drugs to an inmate now faces a bribery charge.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Fugitive awaits sentencing for alleged molestation</title>
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STAUNTON &#8212; Nobody caught Jose Orlando Romero-Feliciano easily.

Tracking him meant a chase to the south of the country, down into the twin cities of Louisiana, next to the bank of the Ouachita River.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:01:57 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Cline defends 24th</title>
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House District 24 Del. Ben Cline defended his seat Tuesday with a dominating victory over Democratic challenger Jeff Price.

&#8220;It&#8217;s a great night for the [Shenandoah] Valley and for fiscal responsibility and for restoring common sense conservative values to Richmond,&#8221; Cline said from a Republican victory party at Salerno&#8217;s Restaurant in Lexington. &#8220;I commend my opponent for a clean race focused on the issues.&#8221;           ]]></description>
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          <title>Landes fends off Marrow</title>
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Incumbent House District 25 Del. Steve Landes crushed his first major party challenge in more than a decade Tuesday, rolling past Democrat Greg Marrow.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Beverage snares treasurer post</title>
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Republican Stephanie Beverage will be the next Waynesboro treasurer after scoring a huge election night victory Tuesday.

Four years after losing her bid for the seat, Beverage captured 42 percent of the vote in a four-way race that saw the field double last month. Incumbent Treasurer Sandra &#8220;Sandee&#8221; Dixon mustered just 27 percent of the vote. 
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          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:01:24 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Caldwell Jr. re&#45;elected sheriff</title>
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Incumbent Staunton City Sheriff Alex L. Caldwell Jr. cruised to victory Tuesday night, snaring more than two-thirds of the vote.

Caldwell picked up 70 percent of the tally to Democratic challenger Michael S. Painter&#8217;s 30 percent.
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          <title>Bell takes House 20 victory</title>
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STAUNTON &#8211;&nbsp; Veteran Staunton City Councilman and Republican Richard &#8220;Dickie&#8221; Bell won convincingly Tuesday in the state House District 20 race, besting Democrat Erik Curren.

Bell captured 71 percent of the vote to Curren&#8217;s 29 percent.           ]]></description>
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Election results           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:07:46 EST</pubDate>
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County by county results of the 2009 elections.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:43:47 EST</pubDate>
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After two decades of silence, a 37-year-old woman decided to tell her story.

That led deputies to arrest James Preston McLaughlin, 57, of Waynesboro, for sexual crimes they said he committed.           ]]></description>
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Authorities charged Christopher Stagner, 35, of West Augusta, with maiming as a result of driving under the influence, Friday after a July vehicle accident on Braley Pond Road.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Assault case wraps with admission</title>
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A 73-year-old Staunton man pleaded guilty Monday in Augusta County Circuit Court to sexually assaulting a mentally retarded blind woman.

John Oehlerking faced an Augusta County Circuit Court judge Monday, and pleaded to a reduced charge of sexual battery, court officials said. 

He was sentenced to a year in prison.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Chester faces sanctions over reassessment suit</title>
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STAUNTON &#8212; Augusta County&#8217;s attorney has gone back to court arguing that Francis Chester&#8217;s reassessment lawsuits so lack legal standing that the Churchville lawyer should be sanctioned.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Full circle: Candidates lend an ear</title>
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The two candidates for House District 25 ended their campaigns on Monday where they started: talking to voters on porches and at front doors.

House District 25 challenger Greg Marrow has enjoyed grueling door-to-door campaigning during his more than eight months as a candidate.           ]]></description>
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Egleston pleads guilty to reduced charge           ]]></description>
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          <title>A time for giving</title>
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In poor economy, volunteers see an increase in need           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:01:40 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Candidates make final appeals</title>
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GOP ticket makes a stop in the Shenandoah Valley           ]]></description>
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          <title>Job one</title>
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The task for the next governor: restore economic hope. Here are the plans to do it:           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:01:55 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Trouble brews again at Eastside</title>
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Assault second recent scrape at speedway            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:01:23 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Accused shooter waives hearing</title>
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HARRISONBURG &#8211; John Franklin Myers spent his 45th birthday in jail Wednesday, just a day before a Rockingham County judge certified to grand jury a murder charge against him.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:01:53 EST</pubDate>
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Authorities on Thursday charged Kim Bernard Gilham, 53, of Staunton, for taking indecent liberties with a child. Officials with the Augusta County Sheriff&#8217;s Office did not respond to calls seeking more information about the case.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:01:48 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Accounts of fatal fight are disputed</title>
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The longtime girlfriend of a man jailed Thursday over a fatal fight said the victim&#8217;s account of the brawl &#8212; written two days before a hemorrhage killed him &#8212; doesn&#8217;t tell the full story.

Authorities charged Russell &#8220;Rusty&#8221; Huntley, 24, of Verona, with manslaughter in the death of Chad Fields, 26. Authorities said Fields died from injuries Huntley inflicted in an altercation earlier this month in a Dollar General parking lot.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:01:33 EST</pubDate>
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New resolution specifies &#8216;what counts as a vote&#8217; for treasurer           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:01:27 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>McDonnell sticks to message</title>
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Robert F. McDonnell hammered home his message of jobs and the economy during a Friday get-out-the-vote rally before 200 people at Willow Oak Plaza in Waynesboro.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:01:13 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>RNC chairman pleased with Virginia&#8217;s race outlook</title>
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Michael Steele is singing a dramatically different and more upbeat tune these days.

A year ago, when he took over as chairman of the Republican National Committee in the wake of Barack Obama&#8217;s presidential election romp, Steele&#8217;s party was singing the blues.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:01:04 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Haunted house at high school tonight</title>
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The Student Government Association of Waynesboro High School will host its first haunted house tonight and tomorrow.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:49:29 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Man arrested for fatal fight</title>
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When the fight broke out in the Dollar General parking lot, Chad Fields caught a fist to his face and a can of chili to his head, witnesses said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:01:48 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Board suspends Staunton doctor</title>
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The license of a Staunton physician accused of having sexual relations with patients, verbally abusing a 5-year-old, smoking marijuana and other misconduct was suspended Thursday for three years.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:01:13 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Manslaughter charged after autopsy</title>
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Authorities this morning jailed a Verona man on a charge he killed an acquaintance in a fight earlier this month.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:01:04 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Mt. Solon man arrested for slew of break&#45;ins</title>
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A Mt. Solon man faces charges of breaking into eight businesses.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:04:26 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Scare tactics</title>
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Scuffling through the &#8220;doctor&#8217;s office&#8221; portion of the Waynesboro First Aid Crew haunted house, Whitney McCormick rattled off the key ingredients.

&#8220;Ten feet, 10 heads and two brains,&#8221; she said, motioning to a refrigerator full of appendages. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to have a surgeon and patient, slinging things around here.&#8221;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:01:55 EST</pubDate>
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Unopposed since 2005 and still ascending the legislative ladder, House District 24 incumbent Ben Cline this year faces Democratic challenger Jeff Price, an historic home contractor with no intentions of becoming a &#8220;career politician.&#8221;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:01:53 EST</pubDate>
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A Waynesboro public works backhoe driver caused an accident Wednesday morning, sending two people to the hospital.

At about 9:45 a.m., city employee Glen W. Towler, 46, of Stuarts Draft, drove a backhoe into a blue Chevrolet Blazer on Shenandoah Avenue near High Street, Waynesboro police said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:01:51 EST</pubDate>
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Shots fired in the area of Stafford Street in Staunton caught police attention Monday night, and now authorities are asking for tips.

The Staunton Police Department released a request, Wednesday afternoon, in hopes of finding assistance in identifying an unknown male who fired a gun at least five times Monday night. More than 20 residents called police, said Staunton police Officer Lisa Klein, sparking an entire shift of officers to respond to the neighborhood.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:01:42 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Thinking pink</title>
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Homemade ribbon to carry on cancer awareness           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:01:41 EST</pubDate>
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Authorities observed the single story ranch-style house for hours. They even sent someone to the inside.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:01:32 EST</pubDate>
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Incumbent defends decisions           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:01:31 EST</pubDate>
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VERONA &#8211; Augusta County supervisors voted to cut $836,000 from the current fiscal year budget Wednesday night to offset state and local shortfalls, but not without strong dissent from one member.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:01:29 EST</pubDate>
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The statewide Republican ticket along with the party&#8217;s national committee chairman are scheduled to roll into Waynesboro this morning.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:01:19 EST</pubDate>
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A Waynesboro woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to abduction and child abuse more than a year after she held a teenage girl against her will and refused to feed her, causing the child&#8217;s weight to plunge to 61 pounds.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:01:19 EST</pubDate>
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Authorities arrested Christopher Ray Chaplin, 22, of Staunton, for his involvement in an April 20 robbery on Central Avenue, said Staunton police spokeswoman Officer Lisa Klein.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:01:17 EST</pubDate>
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A Waynesboro man filed an Alford plea Wednesday to aggravated sexual battery charges.

Augusta County Judge Victor V. Ludwig sentenced David Dwight Cosner, 40, to a year behind bars. Under the Alford plea, Cosner acknowledged that the evidence against him was strong enough to convict him of assaulting a toddler but he stopped short of admitting guilt.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:01:12 EST</pubDate>
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His main targets involved buildings with food, but they weren&#8217;t enough to satisfy the habitual burglar&#8217;s taste for breaking and entering, authorities said.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:01:06 EST</pubDate>
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Staunton police are looking for a man who fired five shots on a neighborhood street late Monday.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:32:39 EST</pubDate>
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WAYNESBORO &#8212; City schools officials on Tuesday night heard &#8220;less bad&#8221; news about anticipated revenue for the 2011 fiscal year budget.

Instead of the $1 million drop in local funding estimated in March, schools can expect a dropoff of half that, or about $500,000, City Manager Mike Hamp said.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:01:50 EST</pubDate>
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Conservative activist and former presidential candidate Alan Keyes offered his prodigious speaking talents Tuesday night to help raise money for ComfortCare Women&#8217;s Health.

The organization is a non-profit medical clinic in Waynesboro and Staunton that helps women with life choices, pregnancy confirmation and peer counseling on pregnancy options.

While Keyes was focused on helping ComfortCare, he did express great fear about the state of the country.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:01:39 EST</pubDate>
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STAUNTON &#8212; Augusta County&#8217;s former information technology director has been indicted on charges he misused government equipment.

Authorities recovered computers and electronics worth &#8220;several thousand dollars&#8221; from the home of Rick L. Vernier after receiving a tip that he had county property in his Stuarts Draft home, said Lt. A.C. Powers of the Augusta County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.&nbsp;            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:01:38 EST</pubDate>
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An Augusta County grand jury Monday indicted Timothy Aaron Wilkins, 39, of Churchville, in the murder of his girlfriend.

Augusta County Sheriff&#8217;s deputies testified they found Misty M. Phillips, 36, of Staunton, strangled and stuffed in the back of Wilkins&#8217; Toyota 4 Runner in the Food Lion parking lot in Verona.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:01:17 EST</pubDate>
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Historic home transports visitors           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:01:11 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Woman snatches prowler from seat</title>
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The yellow moped gave him away.

Interrupted by a Staunton homeowner during a burglary attempt Monday morning, Matthew S. Carr, 28, raced from the front door to the moped as the victim futilely gave chase, authorities said. When the victim&#8217;s wife spotted the moped on a nearby street, she yanked Carr to the ground, authorities said. Still, he managed to get away.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:01:07 EST</pubDate>
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Joan Byrne, a resident on Misty Hill Lane, reported catching a red fox Monday morning after she set up traps for groundhogs, luring them with cat food.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:01:52 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>GOP hauls in October cash</title>
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Local House Republican candidates led the campaign fundraising race for the three-week reporting period that ended last week.

And a write-in candidate for Waynesboro city treasurer got the jump on the two ballot candidates, one of them the incumbent.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:01:49 EST</pubDate>
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Waynesboro City Council voted unanimously Monday to amend the agreement between the city and state for the Delphine Avenue Improvement Project. 

In the amendment, the Virginia Department of Transportation will lift $26,000 of the project&#8217;s expense from the shoulders of the city, but will expect Waynesboro to accept more responsibility should the project be delayed or expenses increase, said City Manager Mike Hamp.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:01:40 EST</pubDate>
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VERONA &#8211; Wide ranging potential changes to Augusta County&#8217;s ordinances drew a packed house in Verona on Monday night, and some of the speakers urged the county to slow down on revisions to the zoning ordinance.           ]]></description>
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Four firearms ringing in at over $1,000 in value were reported stolen from a Waynesboro home Friday.           ]]></description>
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Bolling, Wagner vying for lieutenant governor position in Nov. election           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:01:28 EST</pubDate>
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Virginia Griffin thanked Lutheran church volunteers and the Staunton-Augusta-Waynesboro Habitat for Humanity at Sunday&#8217;s dedication of her family&#8217;s new home at 760 Commerce Ave.           ]]></description>
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Churchville Avenue in Staunton will be closed to eastbound traffic from North Augusta Street to Albemarle Avenue for about a year.           ]]></description>
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A plan that would refurbish business buildings in the heart of Crozet &#8212; connected to or within walking distance of new apartments &#8212; might begin within several months, despite major financial stumbles.           ]]></description>
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Cleanup continues despite downpour           ]]></description>
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Rest area closings help fuel Greenville traffic clogs           ]]></description>
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FISHERSVILLE &#8212; Dog influenza has come to the Shenandoah Valley.

An Augusta County veterinarian last week confirmed the first area case of canine influenza, H3N8, a virus informally documented by the Virginia Veterinarian Medicine Association only six times in state history.           ]]></description>
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WAYNESBORO &#8212; No longer afraid of outdoor house lights, a family of foxes has become the night fright of a Waynesboro neighborhood along West Main Street near the Waynesboro Landscaping and Garden Center.           ]]></description>
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STAUNTON &#8212; The evolution of a neighborhood starts with its most essential element: the neighbors. 

So when a man was mugged on Sears Hill on Sept. 14, his neighbors took their community concerns to Staunton city council. The group asked for advice and help; they asked for attention.            ]]></description>
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A Craigsville man was killed Friday afternoon when he lost control of his pickup truck in the 2000 block of Estaline Valley Road near Augusta Correctional Center.

Charles Talbert, 56, was driving south when he drove his white 1995 Nissan pickup truck off the right side of the road, overcorrected and overturned on an embankment, landing back on the road at 4:02 p.m., said state police Trooper S.A. Simmons.           ]]></description>
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LYNDHURST &#8212; For nearly an hour Friday, a seat belt held a Lyndhurst man upside down as he waited for rescuers to cut him from the Ford Explorer he overturned and rammed into a house.           ]]></description>
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FISHERSVILLE &#8212; Area manufacturers on Friday gathered to launch a new campaign to enliven the image of their industry.

&#8220;Manufacturing is very much alive and well ... but it is going through a metamorphosis,&#8221; Robin Sullenberger, CEO of the Shenandoah Valley Partnership, told about 50 manufacturing leaders and workforce trainers at the Augusta Health community care building.           ]]></description>
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String of drug related charges nets prison time           ]]></description>
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STAUNTON &#8212; The Staunton City Council voted unanimously Thursday night to bring on a private firm to pursue the city&#8217;s tax delinquents.

The city will pursue about $700,000 in unpaid taxes, said Finance Director Jeanne Colvin.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:01:29 EST</pubDate>
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The race to succeed retiring House District 20 Del. Chris Saxman pits a local political veteran against a businessman and civic leader.

Republican candidate Dickie Bell is an Augusta County special education teacher, veteran Staunton City Council member, and a conservative who believes in limited government and letting the private sector create jobs.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:01:19 EST</pubDate>
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Staunton Superintendent: It&#8217;s beyond cutting fat           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:01:17 EST</pubDate>
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Man donates 27th gallon during chart-topping drive           ]]></description>
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Authorities arrested Christopher L. Simmons, 29, of Staunton, Thursday for one count of grand larceny and one count of petty larceny. Simmons didn&#8217;t go easy though, police said.

Simmons locked himself inside his vehicle and threatened to kill himself with a crossbow. The Augusta County Sheriff&#8217;s office brought a negotiator and a tactical team to the scene.            ]]></description>
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Four candidates for city treasurer tout a variety of work experience and financial management in their campaigns, alongside promises for improvements in the office.

Each, including the incumbent, anticipates the need to learn more about office duties and accounting software.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:01:29 EST</pubDate>
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RICHMOND &#8212; At Virginia Military Institute, where three to six cadets share rooms &#8220;so small they put their bunks up during the day so they can get around,&#8221; officials had expected roommates also would share the swine-flu virus. 

But that&#8217;s not happening,&#8221; said VMI spokesman Stewart MacInnis. &#8220;We&#8217;re really not sure of the pattern&#8221; of how the virus is spreading among cadets on the Lexington campus, he said.            ]]></description>
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CHARLOTTESVILLE &#8212; Police are now treating the investigation into a missing Metallica fan as a criminal matter, though they say there&#8217;s still no evidence any crime has been committed.           ]]></description>
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On-time grad rates below average           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:01:58 EST</pubDate>
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The Waynesboro Planning Commission on Tuesday night voted in support of two special use permit applications to open car dealerships along Main Street.

G&amp;W Motorwerkes in Staunton, one of Virginia&#8217;s few Porsche sales and maintenance shops, recently applied to relocate into the recently vacated Grand Home Furnishings building at 518 W. Main St. A city staff report supported the move and city officials spoke highly of the &#8220;marquee-type&#8221; reputation of the luxury car dealership.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:01:49 EST</pubDate>
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During two weeks traversing the length of Shenandoah National Park, the students and documentarians who make up EcoVenture 2009 hiked through sunshine, fog, frost and snow.

&#8220;We&#8217;ve seen four seasons, I would think,&#8221; said George Patterson, creative media director of the trip and The Downstream Project.           ]]></description>
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Employment balance tips with Mohawk&#8217;s impending closure           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:01:09 EST</pubDate>
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Waynesboro plants hit as U.S. market struggles to recover           ]]></description>
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STAUNTON &#8211; In the Stuarts Draft man&#8217;s head, if he could remove his ex-wife and her fianc&#233;e from the equation, he would get his children back. So he hired a hitman.

That&#8217;s how Assistant Attorney General Phil Figura explained the actions of Thomas Joseph Laguardia Sr. during a plea hearing Monday in Augusta County Circuit Court.            ]]></description>
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