Parents show their support for former Central Carolina Academy principal Greg Batten and assistant principals Mary Tatum and ...

Alex and Natalie Blanco opened up their Frita Stop food truck on Valentine’s Day this year, and already, some are calling their take on the frita cubana Sanford’s best burger.   Photo by Billy ...

From the City of Sanford The City of Sanford released a schedule this week for its upcoming July 4 Red, White & Blue Bash, scheduled for 5 p.m. at Kiwanis Park in Sanford. The event will begin ...

Staff members from Lee County Library’s main location at Hawkins Avenue provided a tour of the new facility on Bragg Street on Feb. 20. Pictured, from left to right, are Christopher Luettger, ...

The North Carolina State Auditor’s Office sent an engagement letter to Lee County Government earlier in June, The Rant has learned. An engagement letter typically marks the formal start of an ...

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 ...

A Southern Pines-based sandwich shop will open a second location in downtown Sanford soon, according to a post by the company on Facebook. Wedgies has operated a location on Morganton Road in Southern ...

The following is a list of places at which you should be able to find printed copies of the Rant Monthly. If you’re on this list and don’t have copies, or if you have copies and aren’t on this list, ...

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 Pilgrim’s Sanford Agriculture Market features an 8,300-square-foot covered pavilion for vendors and other attractions (like live music). Another 4,000 square feet houses office space, meeting ...

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 ...

North Carolina’s pottery tradition is celebrated by scholars and collectors alike, and a significant amount of this remarkable pottery was manufactured in Sanford. The Cole family of potters is ...