One of several animals currently up for adoption at Lee County Animal Shelter. Lee County Animal Services requests the public’s participation in a short survey to guide strategic planning for ...

Early voting in Lee County begins on Thursday, October 15, and there are several races on the ballot. The Rant asked questions to several of the candidates for office and published the answers in ...

By Gordon Anderson | gordon@rantnc.com Republican candidate for the North Carolina House of Representatives Charles Taylor is facing an ethics complaint over allegations that he failed to disclose ...

The Lee County Board of Commissioners voted down a 180-day moratorium on further data center development Monday night. The pause, proposed by Democratic Commissioner Robert Reives Sr., wouldn’t have ...

Wherever you go, there you are. And if you’ve been driving around on a public roadway in much of America in recent years, it’s become more and more likely you’ve passed by a camera reading your ...

Lee County Government issued a lengthy statement Thursday about a now-approved data center proposal on Lower Moncure Road, detailing the timeline of events and stating that no one on the Board of ...

The Sanford-Lee County Planning Board’s Technical Review Committee will look at plans for Longhorn Steakhouse and Olive Garden restaurants at the new Adams Village shopping center on N.C. Highway 87.

The City of Sanford’s annual Christmas Parade — which for years has followed a nightime route along Wicker, Steele and Carthage streets — will take a new path this December, the city announced today.

Officials met privately with MedEx for EMS services after county declared negotiations over; company submitted another proposal days later, The Rant learned Months of controversy over the selection of ...

The North Carolina State Board of Elections adopted an early voting plan for Lee County on Thursday, going with a plan that includes one Sunday. Lee was one of 12 counties in North Carolina whose ...