Want to go? Of course you do! The free Local News Day event will be held from 1-3 p.m. on April 9 at the McSwain Center in Sanford. The Rant is (from left) Jonathan Owens, Gordon Anderson ...

By Gordon Anderson | gordon@rantnc.com Ohio-based commercial developer CASTO held a small ceremony Wednesday to mark the long-awaited, official start of revitalizations to the Riverbirch Corner ...

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 ...

When the Sanford City Council approved the Vermillion residential development last July, a familiar set of events played out. Vermillion, to be the county’s largest-ever housing development, will ...

Marc Mason, a Republican who filed in December to seek a seat on the Lee County Board of Education in the 2026 election, has been appointed to fill a vacancy created when member Megan Garner, also a ...

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 apparently stopped cooperating with the ...

A culinary staple for many who grew up in Sanford is returning more than 20 years after shutting down. Mr. Gatti’s Pizza will open this summer in the Shoppes at Sanford shopping center anchored by ...

Built in the late 1980s, Riverbirch Corner Shopping Center was once the go-to for retail in Sanford. The past decade, however, has seen a mass exodus of shops and a steady decline in the appearance of ...