By Gordon Anderson | gordon@rantnc.com Sanford City Councilman and Republican state House candidate Charles Taylor called Tuesday for the retraction of a news article alleging he failed to ...

Early voting in Lee County begins on Thursday, October 15, and there are several races on the ballot. The Rant asked questions to several of the candidates for office and published the answers in ...

Republican candidate for the North Carolina House of Representatives Charles Taylor is facing an ethics complaint over allegations that he failed to disclose ownership of a Sanford property that ...

By Gordon Anderson | gordon@rantnc.com The Sanford-Lee County Planning Department will review several commercial development proposals later in October, including for two competing drive-thru ...

By Gordon Anderson | gordon@rantnc.com Lee County Government issued a lengthy statement Thursday about a now-approved data center proposal on Lower Moncure Road, detailing the timeline of events ...

While advocates say Flock Safety cameras useful for a variety of law enforcement purposes, critics have raised concerns about the routine collection of location information from people suspected ...

The Lee County Board of Commissioners is scheduled to meet on Monday, but a request by citizens opposing a proposed data center on Lower Moncure Road for formal board discussions on a moratorium and ...

The Sanford-Lee County Planning Department has issued a permit for construction of a data center on Lower Moncure Road, The Rant has learned. The permit, dated September 25, allows for the ...

Caterpillar announced Wednesday plans to expand its Lee County manufacturing facility with a tax base investment of $1 billion, the largest such investment in Lee County history. The announcement came ...

The Rant’s July 2025 cover story on Grace Christian School doubling tuition after receiving the most public funds of any private school in the state won three North Carolina Press Association awards, ...