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 ...

By Gordon Anderson | gordon@rantnc.com Republican candidate for the North Carolina House of Representatives Charles Taylor is facing an ethics complaint over allegations that he failed to disclose ...

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 ...

The scene at Riverbirch: Fences and sight barriers are up at Riverbirch in west Sanford as crews are hard at work clearing land for the new commercial development that will include Target, a new ...

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When the Sanford City Council approved the Vermillion residential development last July, a familiar set of events played out. Vermillion, to be the county’s largest-ever housing development, will ...

At their only meeting for the month on August 19, the Lee County Board of Commissioners voted 5-1 to approve $28 million in bonds that will fund construction costs and outfitting of the county’s new ...

Lee County High School announced Tuesday morning in a social media post that Paul B. Gay Stadium will be closed until further notice after cracks were discovered in the concrete supports underneath ...

Last year, Lee County Schools had five “low performing” schools, according to the School Performance Grades issued by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. This year it has none. The ...

A clever marketing ploy? A trail left by a golden snail or a leprechaun leading to a pot of gold? A mistake? Over the weekend a thin yellow line appeared in the southbound lane of U.S. 1 and then U.S.