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 ...

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 ...

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Lee County residents are facing the largest property tax increase in more than five years — a jump county officials say is necessary as rapid growth, rising service costs, and stubborn inflation ...

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 ...

Candles set out in front of the sign for Buchanan Farms in Broadway Tuesday commemorating the loss of Travis and Candace Buchanan and their children Walker and Aubrey in a plane crash Monday. When ...

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, ...