Sanford will celebrate the renovation of the historic Sanford Depot Building at 3 p.m. on May 18, the city announced today. The event will be held at 106 Charlotte Avenue and is open to the ...

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 ...

Lacy Jarman is a nursing student at CCCC’s Chatham Health Sciences Center. Jarman and her classmates will enter a nursing profession that could see a shortage of as many as 12,500 men and women in the ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Civilizations have come and gone over the course of human history. Some lasted only a few years, while others flourished for centuries and spread their influence over much of the known world. One of ...

A Sanford man apparently killed himself Tuesday evening after a domestic situation at his home, police reported Wednesday. Officers responded to 1616 Columbine Road in west Sanford around 6:07 p.m.

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 ...

What began as a small, rural airstrip at the northern end of Lee County has blossomed into an economic engine with a $61 million annual impact on the region In 2014, Geoff Myers was living in ...

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 Shoppes at Sanford shopping center anchored by ...