| 117th Year, 50th Issue | Thursday, July 20, 2006 | Sparta, North Carolina |
Fiddlers converge in SpartaPickers and fans of bluegrass and old time music will gather in Sparta this Friday and Saturday, July 21 and 22, for the 12th annual Alleghany County Fiddler's Convention.
Woman, 18, murdered on Grandridge Road in SpartaAn 18-year-old Cleveland, Ohio woman was murdered Saturday at a home on Grandridge Road in Sparta following what may have started as an early morning domestic dispute with her boyfriend.
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Alleghany Courthouse to reopenRenovations to the Alleghany County Courthouse are on schedule, and the facility is slated to be "substantially complete" by Sept. 16, according to County Manager Don Adams.Youth center is topic of 2nd public meetingAbout 30 people attended the second meeting discussing a potential youth center for the county.Email The Alleghany News |
Motorcyclist dies in head-on collision on N.C. 18 SaturdayA Statesville man was killed and his passenger was critically injured June 15 at 3:50 p.m. when his motorcycle was struck nearly head-on by a pickup in his lane of travel on N.C. 18.
Sparta United Methodist has new ministerAt the beginning of the month, the Rev. Beverly "Bev" Gaska preached her first sermon from the pulpit at Sparta United Methodist Church. |
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