Courthouse is focus of events set Saturday The annual Sparta Christmas Parade, sponsored by the Sparta Revitalization Committee, will be held this Saturday, Nov. 25, on Main Street. Reality Check

School violence numbers rise statewide, drop in Alleghany While the number of crimes and acts of violence have increased statewide, they have decreased in number in Alleghany County Schools in comparison to last year's numbers, according to the 2005-06 report on school crime and violence recently released by the Department of Public Instruction. Email The Alleghany News Over a Century of Service to Alleghany County

Schools to partner with Food Closet It is anticipated that all three elementary schools could eventually be able to participate in a backpack program through the Solid Rock Food Closet that is scheduled to begin Jan. 1. House for Dennis Maines in being built in Smith's memory Alleghany resident Dennis Maines is likely to have a new home by Christmas, according to volunteers with the Solid Rock Building Ministry.

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