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By Richard Sullins | richard@rantnc.com Lee County's animal shelter has been doing good work for years, and now that work is drawing some national attention. Best Friends Animal Society, a nonprofit organization formed nearly 40 years ago in Utah to champion best practices in the adoption of homeless cats and dogs, recognized Lee County Animal…
The Rant’s series of stories involving a proposed “Dream Center” in Sanford and the eventual fallout from the Lee County Board of Commissioners’ approval (and eventual repeal) of a $500,000 grant to a nonprofit run by a local church earned a second place award in “general news” from the North Carolina Press Association Thursday night.…
By Richard Sullins | richard@rantnc.com It's not often that heroes actually get the recognition deserved for their deeds, but the city of Sanford got the chance last week to extend its gratitude to four firefighters whose gallantry recently made the difference to a man whose life was hanging in the balance. Mayor Rebecca Wyhof…
By Richard Sullins | richard@rantnc.com 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 County system, based in Tarboro. Dr. Bryan was hired on a 5-1 vote of the Edgecombe County…