| 112th Year, 18th Issue | Thursday, December 14, 2000 | Sparta, North Carolina |
Newspaper heralds new Internet addressThe Alleghany News has launched a new Internet site address, known as a domain name, at www.alleghanynews.com.
Mobile home is damaged in fireAn electrical fire resulted in a total loss to a house trailer on Dan Osborne Road last Saturday night.Town looks at plan to replace downtown awnings with canvasThe Sparta Town Council informally agreed by consensus Dec. 5 to provide money to help replace the wooden overhangs downtown with canvas awnings.Read this week's Reality Check! |
Accountability standards are deemed "a challenge"School officials called testing and accountability requirements approved by the State Board of Education a challenge that will hit some pupils and parents hard.School board decides to meet once a monthThe Alleghany County Board of Education voted Dec. 6 to reduce its regular meeting schedule from two meetings to one meeting per month.The Alleghany News |
Car FireSparta fire Chief Terry McGrady and Assistant Chief Roger Lineberry extinguish a Ford Escort which caught fire Monday afternoon.Poe to face grand jury in JanuaryINDEPENDENCE, Va. - A 22-year-old North Carolina man will face a Grayson County grand jury in January on a charge of aggravated involuntary manslaughter in connection with the traffic death of a Grayson County, Va. farmer in September.Vera's death considered an accidentThe Nov. 29 death of 22-year-old Gloria Vera is being investigated as an accident after an autopsy report that came in late last week, according to Capt. Carlton Edwards of the Sparta/Alleghany Volunteer Fire Department. |
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Published Weekly at 20 S. Main St., Sparta NC 28675 by Alleghany News Publishing Co., Inc. Periodicals postage paid in Sparta, NC 28675. Postmaster send address changes to: The Alleghany News, P.O. Box 8, Sparta NC 28675. Annual Subscription rates: Alleghany and Grayson counties $16; all others in U.S. $18. Phone: (336) 372-8999; email: news@alleghanynews.com | Ron Brown - Gen. Mgr./Adver. Dir.
Coby LaRue - Editor Nancy Greene - Office Manager T.S. Horne - Sports Editor Angela Williams - Editorial Assistant Karen Roupe - Ad Composition Robby Lucke - Reporter Richard Eller - Distribution Donna Greene - Distribution |
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