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The Winchester Star

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The most complete look at the news, sports, business and lifestyle news you'll find about Winchester and Frederick and Clarke counties in Virginia

 Winchester, Va
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Friends toast opening of new wine tasting room winchesterstar.com/wincheste…
Friends toast opening of new wine tasting room

Friends toast opening of new wine tasting room

STEPHENS CITY — It all began when Tiffany Salvaggio moved into a Stephens City house two doors down from Lisa Maddox.

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Reward being offered for information about Middletown gun store burglary winchesterstar.com/wincheste…
Reward being offered for information about Middletown gun store burglary

Reward being offered for information about Middletown gun store burglary

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), in conjunction with the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), is offering up to $10,000 for information about the perpetrators in...

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Sports tourism could be a boon to Winchester, Frederick County winchesterstar.com/wincheste…
Sports tourism could be a boon to Winchester, Frederick County

Sports tourism could be a boon to Winchester, Frederick County

WINCHESTER — A new initiative from the Winchester-Frederick County Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) is marketing the Northern Shenandoah Valley as an ideal location for a wide variety of sporting

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Out of the Past ... from the archives of The Winchester Star winchesterstar.com/wincheste…
Out of the Past ... from the archives of The Winchester Star

Out of the Past ... from the archives of The Winchester Star

100 years ago

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Seniors show you're never too old to enjoy Halloween winchesterstar.com/wincheste…

Seniors show you're never too old to enjoy Halloween

BERRYVILLE — Forget what the 1980s country song “Swingin” says. Charlotte ain’t as pretty as the angels when they sing.

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Petition to reinstate Frederick County Middle School principal has more than 1,600 signatures winchesterstar.com/wincheste…
Petition to reinstate Frederick County Middle School principal has more than 1,600 signatures

Petition to reinstate Frederick County Middle School principal has more than 1,600 signatures

An online petition to reinstate Jerry Putt as Frederick County Middle School's principal has gained traction in the fallout from last week's controversies surrounding the school.

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Police: Suspect in custody following shooting at Winchester apartment complex winchesterstar.com/wincheste…
Police: Suspect in custody following shooting at Winchester apartment complex

Police: Suspect in custody following shooting at Winchester apartment complex

WINCHESTER — Police have arrested a man in connection with a shooting Thursday morning at a downtown apartment complex.

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Thieves steal 14 guns in break-in at Middletown Firearms winchesterstar.com/wincheste…
Thieves steal 14 guns in break-in at Middletown Firearms

Thieves steal 14 guns in break-in at Middletown Firearms

MIDDLETOWN — The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office is seeking multiple individuals involved in an early Monday morning break-in at Middletown Firearms that resulted in the theft of 14 guns and

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Officials: Regional cooperation may be needed to fix Va. 7 safety issues winchesterstar.com/wincheste…
Officials: Regional cooperation may be needed to fix Va. 7 safety issues

Officials: Regional cooperation may be needed to fix Va. 7 safety issues

BLUEMONT — Counties that Va. 7 runs through may have to cooperate to get major safety improvements made along the highway, according to local and state officials.

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Northern Lights, a rare comet and more: October night sky was busy. What’s to come? winchesterstar.com/wincheste…
Northern Lights, a rare comet and more: October night sky was busy. What’s to come?

Northern Lights, a rare comet and more: October night sky was busy. What’s to come?

WINCHESTER — From a readily visible comet to a regularly scheduled supermoon, October’s night sky was busier than usual, topped off with the Northern Lights making an appearance above the

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Law enforcement short on officers to patrol Clarke County roads winchesterstar.com/wincheste…

Law enforcement short on officers to patrol Clarke County roads

BLUEMONT — Most of the roughly 3,600 traffic tickets the Clarke County Sheriff’s Office already has issued this year have gone to drivers on Va. 7, according to Sheriff Travis

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Crews work to contain wildfire in western Frederick County winchesterstar.com/news/fire…
Crews work to contain wildfire in western Frederick County

Crews work to contain wildfire in western Frederick County

Firefighters are working to contain a wildfire in western Frederick County near the West Virginia state line.

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Tips for planting trees, shrubs and perennials in the fall nvdaily.com/nvdaily/tips-for…
Tips for planting trees, shrubs and perennials in the fall

Tips for planting trees, shrubs and perennials in the fall

WOODSTOCK — Unbeknownst to many, fall is the best season for gardeners to plant trees, shrubs and perennials.

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Walker to remain behind bars ahead of new 2025 trial dates winchesterstar.com/wincheste…
Walker to remain behind bars ahead of new 2025 trial dates

Walker to remain behind bars ahead of new 2025 trial dates

WINCHESTER — Hylton Walker, the Winchester man charged with felony counts of sexual battery and rape, will remain in jail after being denied bond on Tuesday in Winchester Circuit Court.

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State police: 16-year-old Bluemont girl killed in crash, driver charged with DUI winchesterstar.com/wincheste…
State police: 16-year-old Bluemont girl killed in crash, driver charged with DUI

State police: 16-year-old Bluemont girl killed in crash, driver charged with DUI

A fiery single-vehicle crash on Saturday in eastern Clarke County claimed the life of a 16-year-old Clarke County High School junior and critically injured her twin sister.

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Plans to rehome train club, rebuild train station still on track winchesterstar.com/wincheste…

Plans to rehome train club, rebuild train station still on track

MIDDLETOWN — Plans to rebuild the Middletown railroad station, rehome the model railroad club previously based in Winchester and open a museum are still on track, with town officials expected

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Middletown Planning Commission sets public hearings for proposed truck facility winchesterstar.com/wincheste…
Middletown Planning Commission sets public hearings for proposed truck facility

Middletown Planning Commission sets public hearings for proposed truck facility

MIDDLETOWN — Public hearings will be held next month on a controversial tractor-trailer dealership proposed for the southern end of Middletown.

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Fees for use of CCPS facilities likely to increase winchesterstar.com/wincheste…
Fees for use of CCPS facilities likely to increase

Fees for use of CCPS facilities likely to increase

BERRYVILLE — Fees charged for private use of certain Clarke County Public Schools (CCPS) facilities likely will increase at the start of the new year.

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Bob's Discount Furniture to open a store in Winchester winchesterstar.com/wincheste…
Bob's Discount Furniture to open a store in Winchester

Bob's Discount Furniture to open a store in Winchester

WINCHESTER — An empty big-box retail space is about to get a new tenant.

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State police: 16-year-old Bluemont girl killed in crash, driver charged with DUI winchesterstar.com/wincheste…
State police: 16-year-old Bluemont girl killed in crash, driver charged with DUI

State police: 16-year-old Bluemont girl killed in crash, driver charged with DUI

A fiery single-vehicle crash on Saturday in eastern Clarke County claimed the life of a 16-year-old Clarke County High School junior and critically injured her twin sister.

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