By Gordon Anderson | gordon@rantnc.com The Lee County Republican Party has recommended school board member Eric Davidson to fill the vacancy left by Republican Taylor Vorbeck’s resignation ...

By Richard Sullins | richard@rantnc.com Republican Taylor Vorbeck resigned from the Lee County Board of Commissioners at the end of Monday night’s meeting. Vorbeck made the announcement just 10 ...

By Richard Sullins | richard@rantnc.com Sanford and Lee County may be poised to land another major economic development project that could bring as many as 335 new fulltime jobs and a tax base ...

By Gordon Anderson | gordon@rantnc.com The return address field on the packet I found in The Rant’s mailbox on June 19 was labeled “Envoy of the One True Colon,” out of Colon, Michigan.

Vinfast’s rollout in North Carolina has been met with significant speed bumps, but local business leaders are still hopeful for a jolt to local economy It’s an hour before her table will be swarmed by ...

By Gordon Anderson | gordon@rantnc.com Nearly 20 people addressed the Lee County Board of Commissioners on Monday, expressing opposition to a proposed data center on Lower Moncure Road. The data ...

The Sanford-Lee County Planning Department’s Technical Review Committee will consider a proposal later this month for a multi-tenant commercial building in Tramway that would, if approved, ...

A teenager was shot and killed early Wednesday morning at the Oaks apartment complex off Amos Bridges Road, Sanford police said. Officers responded around 1:30 a.m. to Oak Branch Lane after getting ...

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, ...