Sanford will host an evening of live music, food, and fireworks at Kiwanis Park on Friday, July 4. Freedom Fest kicks off at 5 p.m. with a performance by JM Phillips, followed by headliner ...

The Sanford-Lee County Planning Department will consider a plan for a large commercial project next to Walmart on N.C. 87 South, as well as plans for five residential subdivisions in Lee County, ...

The owners of the new Mr. Gatti’s franchise have set July 14 as a tentative opening date. Matt Oborne grew up in Sanford enjoying the Mr. Gatti’s that was located on Horner Boulevard ...

By Richard Sullins | richard@rantnc.com The Lee County Board of Commissioners gave final approval Monday to a budget of $119 million that will maintain the property tax rate at 65 cents per $100 ...

Photo by Ben Brown After a tough start to the season, the Sanford Spinners improved their overall record to 8-7 after going 6-2 over their last eight games. That streak puts the Spinners in second ...

1: Old Rip | Celebrating Sanford’s agricultural heritage by depicting the process of taking tobacco to market, the Old Rip mural features a 3D mule and tobacco plants, bordered in gold.Tobacco’s a big ...

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 ...

Photos by Anthony Crider, acrider.photos About 16 members of the far-right, neo-fascist, white nationalist group the Proud Boys marched and protested today outside of Hugger Mugger Brewing in downtown ...