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2. The News Leader - Wikipedia

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   Staunton, Virginia 24401. United States. Circulation. 6,146 Daily. 6,721 Sunday (as of 2021) [1] Website. newsleader.com. The News Leader is a daily newspaper owned by Gannett and serving Staunton, Virginia, and the surrounding areas. It was founded in 1904 by Brig. Gen. Hierome L. Opie as The Evening Leader.

3. Emmett Hanger - Wikipedia

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   Rank. Captain. Unit. Virginia Army National Guard. Commands. Infantry company. Emmett Wilson Hanger Jr. (born August 2, 1948, in Staunton, Virginia) is an American politician of the Republican Party. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1983 to 1991, when he was unseated by Creigh Deeds. He then served as member of the Senate ...

4. The Statler Brothers - Wikipedia

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   From left to right: Harold Reid, Don Reid, Phil Balsley, and Lew DeWitt. The Statler Brothers (sometimes simply referred to as The Statlers) were an American country music, gospel, and vocal group from Staunton, Virginia. The quartet was formed in 1955 performing locally, and from 1964 to 1972, they sang as opening act and backup singers for ...

5. George M. Cochran - Wikipedia

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   1942–1946. Rank. Lieutenant Commander. George Moffett Cochran IV (April 20, 1912 – January 22, 2011) was a Virginia lawyer, banker and legislator who later served as a justice of the Virginia Supreme Court. [1] Cochran served part-time representing Staunton, Virginia in the Virginia General Assembly for nearly two decades, first as a ...

6. Staunton, Virginia - Wikipedia

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   Staunton (/ ˈ s t æ n t ən / STAN-tən) is an independent city in the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,750. In Virginia, independent cities are separate jurisdictions from the counties that surround them, so the government offices of Augusta County are in Verona, which is contiguous to Staunton.

7. Jacob Swoope - Wikipedia

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   He moved to Staunton, Virginia in 1789 and held several local offices before being elected the first mayor of Staunton under the new charter of 1801. He was reelected mayor in 1804 before being elected a Federalist to the United States House of Representatives in 1808, serving from 1809 to 1811 having defeated Democratic-Republican Daniel Smith.