By Richard Sullins | richard@rantnc.com Work on what will become Lee County’s ninth elementary school is moving forward — quietly, slowly, and mostly out of public view. It is still far too early ...

Restaurant giants Whataburger and Olive Garden and retail chains BJ’s Wholesale Club and Ulta Beauty are eyeing the Adams Village project along N.C. 87 (just south of Walmart), according to a ...

A deal for the provision of emergency medical transport service between Lee County Government and Ahoskie-based ambulance company MedEx has fallen apart less than three months before it was set to ...

April Montgomery has qualified to run as an unaffiliated candidate in North Carolina’s 51’s state House District, which covers all of Lee and part of Moore County. The State Board of ...

By Gordon Anderson | gordon@rantnc.com When the dust settled on March 3 — primary Election Day in North Carolina — Democratic candidate for North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District Paul ...

Built in the late 1980s, Riverbirch Corner Shopping Center was once the go-to for retail in Sanford. The past decade, however, has seen a mass exodus of shops and a steady decline in the appearance of ...

The large white brick building at the corner of Wicker and Moore streets in downtown Sanford is one of many recently purchased properties currently under renovation for business and/or residential use ...

Lee County sheriff’s deputies have charged a Lemon Springs man with murder in connection with the death of his partner. Randall Lee Stark, 66, of River Run Drive in Lee County faces one count of first ...

Craig Oates hit the big time in his field in 2019 when he was brought on as athletic trainer for the powerhouse University of South Carolina women’s basketball team. The program was two years removed ...

The Pilgrim’s Sanford Agriculture Market features an 8,300-square-foot covered pavilion for vendors and other attractions (like live music). Another 4,000 square feet houses office space, meeting ...