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Tuberculosis reported at Ascend Leadership Academy
1 day ago · By Gordon Anderson | [email protected]. A case of tuberculosis was reported to the Lee County Health Department at the Ascend Leadership Academy charter school in Sanford recently, and an unspecified number of parents were notified that their children may have been exposed, The Rant has learned. The instance of the infectious bacterial disease was reported to the county sometime prior to ...
Lee Christian preschool ordered to cease operations by state
4 days ago · By Gordon Anderson | [email protected] A preschool program affiliated with Lee Christian School in Sanford has been ordered to cease operations by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services after a number of visits to the program turned up multiple alleged violations of child care requirements. The claims made by NCDHHS include a…
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Police: Man shoots self following domestic situation
Jan 8, 2025 · 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. Tuesday after being called by a woman who had fled from that address to a neighbor's house. The victim told police she'd been held against…
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Commissioners approve $28 million in bonds for new library, first ...
Aug 26, 2024 · By Richard Sullins | [email protected] At their only meeting for the month on August 19, the Lee County Board of Commissioners voted 5-1 to approve $28 million in bonds that will fund construction costs and outfitting of the county’s new library. This state-of-the-art learning center will be located just off Bragg Boulevard in Sanford adjacent…
School aides press needs to commissioners again – THE RANT
Jan 10, 2025 · By Richard Sullins | [email protected]. If Lee County’s commissioners thought the holiday break would discourage a group of school support staff from continuing to push for raises and other changes in their status, they would have been disappointed Monday by the sight of two more support staff appearing for the third straight month in pursuit of help from a group of county leaders they see ...
Unhappy donors petition City Council to honor agreement
Feb 8, 2024 · By Richard Sullins | [email protected]. A petition bearing the names of 103 donors who contributed to the planned renovations to the historic Depot building in downtown Sanford was presented to the city council Tuesday, with the petitioners asking the city to honor the agreement it made with those who made monetary contributions five years ago to restore the building to its original ...
The Rant Monthly Turns 5 | An Oral History – THE RANT
Apr 1, 2024 · The Rant participates in a July 4th pie eating contest in 2008 and 2009. MID 2000s SEEDS IN THE GROUND * Gordon Anderson, co founder: I started my career in journalism with The Sanford Herald in the summer of 2001 as an intern, and landed with the paper full time upon college graduation a year later. I never dreamed of being a writer of any kind or having a career in journalism as a kid, but ...