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 ...

By Richard Sullins | [email protected] The chairman of the Lee County Republican Party has stepped temporarily aside as his wife campaigns for a seat in the North Carolina House of ...

With the opening of the new Lee County Library on Bragg Street in sight, county government has placed the current library building in downtown Sanford on the market. The building’s sale ...

A Sanford man apparently killed himself Tuesday evening after a domestic situation at his home, police reported Wednesday. Officers responded to 1616 Columbine Road in west Sanford around 6:07 p.m.

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 ...

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Lee County Sheriff’s deputies made an arrest Tuesday night in the shooting death of Calvin Richard Lester Jr. at Fat Junior’s Grill Tuesday morning. Ar’mon Mandrell Jones of Fayetteville was taken ...

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 ...

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 from the 1980s ...

A man who shot a Lee County sheriff’s deputy in 2022 was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Monday, according to a press release from the Middle District of North Carolina. State charges in ...

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 ...

Thousands of new homes, cheaper existing real estate and regular new job announcements have the experts projecting huge population growth in Sanford/Lee County over the next 10-30 years. The question ...