While advocates say Flock Safety cameras useful for a variety of law enforcement purposes, critics have raised concerns about the routine collection of location information from people suspected ...

By Gordon Anderson | gordon@rantnc.com The Sanford-Lee County Planning Department has issued a permit for construction of a data center on Lower Moncure Road, The Rant has learned. The permit, ...

By Gordon Anderson | gordon@rantnc.com Lee County Government issued a lengthy statement Thursday about a now-approved data center proposal on Lower Moncure Road, detailing the timeline of events ...

Caterpillar announced Wednesday plans to expand its Lee County manufacturing facility with a tax base investment of $1 billion, the largest such investment in Lee County history. The announcement came ...

The Rant began as a hobby radio show in Sanford, North Carolina in 2008 and was infamously “kicked off the air” in 2013. In January 2014, the Rant relaunched as the news blog you’re reading now. We ...

Three months after leaving the position he had held with Lee County Schools for a decade, former Superintendent of Schools Dr. Andy Bryan was hired Monday as the new superintendent in the Edgecombe ...

The scene at Riverbirch: Fences and sight barriers are up at Riverbirch in west Sanford as crews are hard at work clearing land for the new commercial development that will include Target, a new ...

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 ...

Sanford police arrested two teenagers Thursday in connection with a shooting at the Oaks Apartments on Wednesday that left a 17-year-old dead. Naquan Tymarion Clegg, 19, of Brookfield Circle faces ...