By Gordon Anderson | gordon@rantnc.com A candidate for the North Carolina Supreme Court has challenged more than 60,000 votes across the state in a quest to overcome his opponent’s slim ...

By Richard Sullins | richard@rantnc.com The Sanford City Council’s decision to take a second, much bigger step in the planned expansion of its water and wastewater treatment services to ...

Sanford police have arrested a 19 year old in connection with a murder that happened on Nov. 9. David Ray Jackson, 19, of Eastover, faces one count of first degree murder. He was arrested on Thursday ...

A local man convicted of sex crimes against a child by an Alamance County jury in July has been charged by Sanford police with a count of the same offense. According to the Lee County Jail’s website, ...

The Sanford Herald published a story on Saturday listing the salaries of many public officials in Lee County who earn more than $100,000 per year. The story (subscription required) didn’t ...

By Richard Sullins | richard@rantnc.com Among five members of the public who addressed the Lee County Board of Education on November 12 was Democratic County Commissioner Cameron Sharpe, who had ...

By Richard Sullins | richard@rantnc.com The front parking lot at Lee County High School was nearly overflowing Tuesday night as more than 100 staff members from the 17 schools across the district ...

The Sanford-Lee County Planning Department’s Technical Review Committee will consider three new townhome proposals in various parts of the city at its meeting in November. The largest of the proposals ...