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 ...

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By Gordon Anderson | gordon@rantnc.com A newly reconstituted Central Carolina Academy board of directors reversed course in July after months of controversy, casting a series of unanimous votes to ...

By Gordon Anderson | gordon@rantnc.com An unaffiliated voter in the Deep River area has qualified as a write in candidate for the Lee County Board of Commissioners seat held by Republican ...

WRAL reported Friday night that a Lee County District Court judge allegedly displayed a firearm in court on July 17. The North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts told The Rant Friday ...

Marcus Mason is sworn in as a member of the Lee County Board of Education in January. Photo: Lee County Schools Lee County Board of Education member Marcus Mason died in a house fire early Wednesday ...