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 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 ...

The Greensboro Coliseum was loud, but for a moment Southern Lee High junior wrestler Nevaeh Williamson heard almost nothing.  Waiting around all ...

Staff members from Lee County Library’s main location at Hawkins Avenue provided a tour of the new facility on Bragg Street ...

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.

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 ...

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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.

Lacy Jarman is a nursing student at CCCC’s Chatham Health Sciences Center. Jarman and her classmates will enter a nursing profession that could see a shortage of as many as 12,500 men and women in the ...

The Mr. Gatti’s pizza buffet which opened in July has closed after less than a year in business, according to a sign posted on the restaurant’s window earlier this week. Gatti’s had a Sanford location ...

In-demand AI data centers require huge amounts of energy, and companies are turning to areas rich in natural gas (like lee county) for possible solutions If you’re new to Lee County, fracking might ...