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 ...

By Gordon Anderson | gordon@rantnc.com Health care manufacturer STERIS will locate a new facility in Sanford, investing $600 million in the local tax base and creating 335 jobs, state and local ...

Fences and sight barriers are up at Riverbirch in west Sanford as crews are hard at work clearing land for the new commercial ...

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By Gordon Anderson | gordon@rantnc.com A former Lee County Schools finance employee pleaded guilty Monday to embezzling ...

Staff members from Lee County Library’s main location at Hawkins Avenue provided a tour of the new facility on Bragg Street on Feb. 20. Pictured, from left to right, are Christopher Luettger, ...

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 ...

The Lee County Board of Commissioners appointed Republican Eric Davidson Monday night to fill a vacancy left when Taylor Vorbeck resigned earlier in July. The board voted unanimously to appoint ...

Two people were killed Friday when an airplane that took off from the Raleigh Executive Jetport in Sanford crashed in Harnett County, according to a social media post from the airport. “A small ...

Lee County and its neighbors have taken a beating not from the wind, but the rainfall amounts now two days into Hurriane Florence’s inland crawl. With no end in sight over the next 24 hours, local ...

Sanford police have charged a local man with murder in connection with a Thursday night shooting that left a woman dead. Officers responded to 227 Linden Avenue just after 9:30 p.m. on Thursday and ...