SANFORD, N.C. (WTVD) -- A former Sanford middle school teacher was sentenced Monday to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to child sex crimes. Andrew Braxton Allen, 34, of Siler City, was ...

Just after 11 p.m., Lee County Sheriff's deputies responded to a 911 hang-up call at a home on Poplar Springs Church Road near Sanford. When deputies arrived, the sheriff's office said they ...

A former middle school teacher in Lee County was sentenced to 18 years in prison for sex crimes against students, the sheriff’s office said.

A Lee County man faces multiple charges, including statutory sexual offense with a child. The charges against Skyler O'Neal, 39, of Sanford stemmed from an investigation that began last month.

Lee County flirted with a monumental upset Friday night in a Sandhills Athletic Conference showdown with defending league champion Richmond, but the Raiders mounted a fourth-quarter rally and kept its ...

A major commercial development that would include a grocery store, new restaurants and more has been proposed next to the Galvin’s Ridge subdivision along U.S. 1 and Colon Road. The ...

A booming Triangle-area city that prides itself on its manufacturing sector has recently caught the eyes of a West ...

A 57-year-old Sanford man who was charged with indecent liberties with a child now faces a charge for failure to register as a sex offender. Both are felonies. John Francis Barnhart, who has two ...

Lee County community members are invited to welcome the second Lee County Libraries StoryWalk at Kiwanis Children’s Park at a ribbon cutting Monday, Feb. 3.