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 ...

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 ...

By Gordon Anderson | gordon@rantnc.com Democrat Tashera Nichols McDuffie has withdrawn her name from the race for North Carolina House District 51. McDuffie, of Cameron, filed paperwork with the ...

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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 ...

By Gordon Anderson | gordon@rantnc.com A group of citizens who have been speaking for months against a rumored proposal to place a data center in Lee County – and a natural gas mining operation to ...

The Rant is a news site based in Sanford, North Carolina, covering news and features in our region. The Rant is run by former journalists. The Rant loves you.

The Rant is a news site based in Sanford, North Carolina, covering news and features in our region. The Rant is run by former journalists. The Rant loves you.

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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, ...

Before there was a United States, what is now North Carolina was home to indigenous tribes for thousands of years. Their stories, traditions and heartache have gone mostly untaught in our history ...