Thanks to two last-minute agreements with the county, Broadway won’t have to raise taxes or lay off any employees to make budget for the fiscal year that starts in July, officials said at a meeting this week.
Lee County Commissioners received their first peek at the county's proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year — a budget Lee County Manager John Crumpton said he wasn't happy with Monday night.
Lee County students will soon have access to yet another program that challenges their intellect and also looks good on a college application.
A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were killed, and officials said the death toll was expected to rise.
Highlights of the North Carolina state Senate's $20.6 billion budget proposal for the 2013-14 fiscal year.
North Carolina's Democratic attorney general is opposing a state Senate budget provision that moves much of an investigative unit from his department to one headed by an appointee of Republican Gov. Pat McCrory.
Returning home from an out-of-town trip, a Sanford mother and son were killed in a car accident early Sunday morning.
Authorities say an elementary school in an Oklahoma City suburb took a direct hit from a mile-wide tornado.
Two masked, armed men who robbed the Wells Fargo bank on North Horner Boulevard made off with an undisclosed amount of cash and remained on the run as of early Monday evening.
The sudden shutdown of a nuclear power plant outside North Carolina's capital city because of year-old data is likely to prompt questions at a local meeting with federal regulators.
The Republican-led Senate is giving the public its first glimpse into the chamber's North Carolina budget proposal for the next two years.
One of the tickets sold in Florida for the Powerball game Saturday evening matched all six numbers drawn, which were: 10-13-14-22-52. Powerball: 11
As school districts all around the country fight cuts to arts education, students and parents mingled with art teachers and school administrators during Lee County Schools’ 20th Cultural Arts Day on Saturday.
With no new capital projects, a funding cut to education and a three-cent property tax decrease, the Lee County Board of Commissioners will take its first look at the 2013-2014 proposed county budget Monday.
Several items that could have an impact on the local economy will be up for discussion at the Broadway Board of Commissioners meeting this Monday.
A 67-year-old Sanford woman was killed Saturday in a one-vehicle wreck on Avent’s Ferry Road.
Over the din of chainsaws, steam engines, blacksmith’s hammers, a saw mill and even an old Model A Ford rose the old-timey twang of the Back Porch Gut Bucket Band, whose members jammed away on spoons, a washboard, a jug and other household items to entertain the crowd at the Ole Mill Crank-Up.
About 50 to 60 people were injured Saturday when a driver described by witnesses as an elderly man drove his car into a group of hikers marching in a parade in a small Virginia mountain town.
One Lee County man is dead, and another is charged with murder, following a Thursday night shooting,
This week, we Take 5 with Baptist Children’s Homes of North Carolina president/CEO Michael C. Blackwell.
Three interlocal agreements could bolster Broadway’s budget by more than $70,000 if approved Monday by the Lee County Board of Commissioners.
The devil may have gone down to Georgia — but a famous musician with local ties is making a pit stop in Lee County.
Encouraging news about the U.S. economy extended the stock market's rally Friday.
