By Richard Sullins | [email protected] the stroke of a pen, Sanford’s Sesquicentennial Celebration has come to an official end. At a regular meeting of the city council on April 1, Mayor ...

From Facebook By Gordon Anderson | [email protected] In 2022, one of Chuck McDonald’s friends approached him about beginning a local chapter of Ducks Unlimited, the nationwide nonprofit that ...

Photo: UConn Athletics Former Grace Christian High School star Sarah Strong set an NCAA record for most points in a tournament (114) by a freshman and led all players (on both teams) in points, ...

Sanford may soon have a Chipotle location, according to an agenda for a meeting of the Sanford-Lee County Planning Department’s Technical Review Committee. The committee, which considers all proposals ...

Much-needed, soon-to-be-complete community facility in Sanford will provide shelter for nearly 80 unhoused men, women and children at a time The 8,600-square-foot structure going up along Third Street ...

Former Grace Christian Lady Crusader and top national basketball recruit Sarah Strong has had a showing worthy of her last name in her first NCAA Tournament as a freshman at UConn. Strong dropped 22 ...

Just days after being told he didn’t make the rotation to start the season, former Southern Lee High School and Campbell University pitcher Thomas Harrington has been called up to the show and will ...

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 ...

Work is be under way on a large apartment complex near the U.S. 421 and N.C. 87 split in the southern part of Sanford. The complex, which will be known as Truelove Apartments, is being built next to ...

The Sanford Farmers Market will open two weeks early for the 2025 season, bringing with it a host of new vendors and activities for the whole family. The market’s first Saturday will be April 5, two ...