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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Texas pushes back against DOJ plan to monitor state polling places
Late Friday, Secretary of State Jane Nelson issued a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice, saying its staff is not allowed in Texas polling places.
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North Texas counties set early voting records
The polls closed in Dallas County at 9 p.m. Friday after county leaders extended voting due to high turnout. Other North Texas counties set early voting records.
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Dallas, Tarrant counties top 1 million voters as early voting wraps up
Dallas and Tarrant counties each say more than 600,000 ballots have been cast as early voting wraps up on Friday.
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Students use Halloween to try to save North Texas school
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Highland Village students trick-or-treat to save elementary school
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American Heart Association announces Spanish website for stroke prevention
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American Heart Association debuts Spanish stroke prevention site for Hispanic Heritage Month
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Allen police unveil youth boxing gym
Allen Police unveiled a new effort to connect with kids and teens and intervene before they can turn to a life of violence.
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North Texas police supported boxing gym hopes to help youth
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