By Gordon Anderson | gordon@rantnc.com If you were picking a single word to describe the operations at Spring Lane Cinemas, you could do a lot worse than “curation.” General Manager ...

Formerly San Lee FC, city’s new semi-pro team has better facilities and a team hungry to play soccer at a higher level It was a day designed to not only celebrate the return of semi-professional ...

A Lee County prosecutor voluntarily dismissed murder charges against a local man on Monday, according to court records. Deshon Smith, 19, turned himself in to Sanford police on March 2 after a ...

By Gordon Anderson | gordon@rantnc.com Embezzlement charges against a former administrator of a local charter school brought in 2024 were dismissed by a judge Tuesday after the school in question ...

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, ...

Clockwise, from top left: Charles Taylor, Brad Knott, Paul Barringer, Jim Burgin and Tanya White Anderson all won primary races Tuesday night and will advance to the general election in November.

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After multiple weeks of early voting, a number of primary races affecting Lee County will be decided on Tuesday. Polls are open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Voters can find their polling place by ...

By Richard Sullins | richard@rantnc.com A capacity crowd filled Lee County’s McSwain Center Monday as experts and residents alike told the Board of Commissioners about the dangers of a ...

The Sanford Spinners’ sixth season will begin this summer in a new home and under new leadership. The Spinners announced in early March that Tom Andor has been named the team’s general manager, and ...

Democrat Tashera Nichols McDuffie has withdrawn her name from the race for North Carolina House District 51. McDuffie, of Cameron, filed paperwork with the Moore County Board of Elections on March 6 ...