Investigators with Sparta police and the SBI's arson unit determined the fire started in one unit of the building and spread from there.

Felipe Gamonal Qué Pasa El SBI investiga el incendio que destruyó un edificio del centro de Sparta, condado de Alleghany y dejó fuera de operación negocios y apartamentos. The post SBI investiga incendio que arrasó edificio y negocios de Sparta appeared first on Qué Pasa. ®Copyright 2022 Qué Pasa Media Network.

We've reached out to local emergency crews about what caused the fire.

A Wilkes County man was killed on Thursday after being trapped under a tractor. Wilkes County Sheriff’s Deputies responded around Thursday, August 20th to a location on Sparta Road in McGrady. When Deputies arrived Wilkes EMS and the McGrady Fire Department were already at the scene with a deceased male. The victim was identified as […]

On August 14th, members of the Blue Ridge Counter Narcotics Task Force, working alongside the Alleghany County Sheriff’s Office, concluded an ongoing investigation with a traffic stop on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The traffic stop resulted in the seizure of narcotics and two firearms. 26-year-old Darrell Jonathan Payne of Sparta is charged with Felony possession […]

  On August 14th, 2026, Darrell Payne of Sparta was arrested on the Blue Ridge Parkway during a traffic stop by members of the Blue Ridge Counter Narcotics Task Force and the Alleghany County Sheriff’s Office. The traffic stop resulted in the seizure of methamphetamine, fentanyl, and two firearms. Payne was arrested and transported to […]