Allie Spillyards joined NBC 5 in October 2017. She’s a general assignment reporter who often works out of Dallas or Collin county. You can usually catch her stories on NBC 5 at 10 p.m.
Allie is a North Texas native who was born and raised in Wylie.
She’s made several stops in the southeast, working most recently at WIS in Columbia, SC where she anchored weekend mornings and covered general news. While in Columbia, she reported on the tragic shooting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston and followed the controversy over removing the Confederate flag from the South Carolina State House grounds. She also covered the historic flooding in October 2015 that destroyed hundreds of homes and left 17 people dead.
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Prior to South Carolina, Allie worked as a reporter at WCNC in Charlotte, NC.
She started her career at WVLT in Knoxville, TN as a general assignment reporter. She then helped launch a weekend morning newscast as an anchor before moving to weekday mornings.
In 2017, Allie was awarded a fellowship to train in computer assisted reporting with Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc.
Allie’s a proud graduate of the University of Missouri where she learned her way around a newsroom at KOMU both on and off air. She has a bachelor’s in journalism and a minor in political science. While there, Allie spent a semester in Brussels, Belgium as an intern at Reuters.
Now that she’s back in North Texas, Allie lives in Dallas with her husband, Blake, and their spoiled rotten rescue pup, Roux. She’s thrilled to be back home, telling stories from familiar communities and reporting news that impacts friends, family and neighbors.
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UNT Dallas celebrates those exonerated after wrongful convictions
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Dallas law students recognize wrongfully convicted Texans
On International Wrongful Conviction Day, Dallas’s next generation of lawyers came face-to-face with those who’ve had no choice but to wait, held behind bars on crimes they didn’t commit.
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What will Iran's counterattack on Israel mean for U.S. involvement?
As conflict in the Middle East escalates with Iran firing nearly 200 ballistic missiles into Israel on Tuesday, many wonder where does it stop?
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All eyes on the Middle East after Iranian missile attack against Israel
Nearly 180 missiles lit up the sky over Israel Tuesday as Iran launched a counterattack after Israel targeted Hezbollah leadership last week. NBC 5’s Allie Spillyards has been talking with national security experts about the latest escalation in a conflict that’s been brewing for nearly a year.
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Texas woman hopes to hear from relatives after North Carolina flood
North Carolina’s governor says more than 200 people have been rescued. Others wait, trapped in their homes. With power lines and cell phone towers down, loved ones near and far cannot reach those in the hardest-hit areas. NBC 5’s Allie Spillyards sat down with a Kaufman woman among those who found herself desperate for information.
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North Texan waits to hear from mother, grandmother after North Carolina storm
More than 24 hours passed without any communication from Sarah Fivecoat’s mom and grandmother, who were waiting out the storm in Asheville, North Carolina.
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Cowboys defensive injuries spur talk, speculation about weeks to come
The news of Dallas Cowboys injuries comes amid what many fans had hoped was a bounceback — following a disappointing start to the season.
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Fort Worth neighborhood frustrated after losing service for second time
There’s a lot of frustration in a Fort Worth neighborhood where people have no internet, phone and TV service. It’s the second time it’s happened recently. First it was copper thieves — now something else. Allie Spillyards picks up the story from there.
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After copper thefts cause internet outage, Fort Worth neighbors lose service again
There’s a lot of frustration in a Fort Worth neighborhood where people have no internet, phone and TV service.
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Man and woman attacked by bees in North Richland Hills neighborhood
For several hours Tuesday afternoon, neighbors in a North Richland Hills neighborhood were asked to stay in their homes after a swarm of bees attacked a couple doing lawn work. Allie Spillyards has more from the woman who called police for help and those called in to manage the scene.