City leaders announced Friday that in concert with the North Carolina Department of Transportation they’ve identified a location in downtown Sanford for a possible long-discussed mobility ...

By Gordon Anderson | gordon@rantnc.com A culinary staple for many who grew up in Sanford is returning more than 20 years after shutting down. Mr. Gatti’s Pizza will open this summer in the ...

By Billy Liggett and Gordon Anderson For a stretch of time — namely the 21st century leading up to the pandemic — Sanford, North Carolina, was a city where new restaurants struggled to survive.

A rumor regarding a large scale commercial development at Riverbirch Corner on Spring Lane spilled into the open Monday before the Lee County Board of Commissioners. Lee County Republican Party ...

Members of Kyowa Kirin’s leadership team in front of the building at 130 N. Steele St. that the company will occupy for two years beginning in February. Photo courtesy of Kyowa Kirin. Kyowa ...

A college dorm in New York went into lockdown on Thursday after a student from Sanford was arrested with a gun, according to news reports. Terrance Bland, 19, identified in multiple reports as hailing ...

The crowd was small as the Lee County Board of Education convened for their final scheduled meeting of 2024 on Tuesday. The highlight of the evening was expected to be the administration of oath of ...

A teacher at Lee Christian School accused of taking indecent liberties with a student was acquitted in Lee County Superior Court on Thursday. Daniel Abraham faced a felony count of indecent liberties ...

A 19-year-old Lee County man has been charged with murder after a shooting that left another 19 year old dead and another person injured. Lee County sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of ...

The Sanford-Lee County Planning Department’s Technical Review Committee will consider a proposal in December to place two soccer fields at Henley and Center Church roads adjacent to Tramway Elementary ...