Gordon closes out the Spring 2024 Carolina Indie Fest artist interview series by talking with Jive Talk (Nashville based sytnh-driven alt rock) and Tuatha Dea (progressive rock from Asheville ...

Republican Kelly Daughtry announced Thursday that she was leaving the 14th Congressional District runoff and endorsing her ...

Craig Oates hit the big time in his field in 2019 when he was brought on as athletic trainer for the powerhouse University of South Carolina women’s basketball team. The program was two years removed ...

Photos by Ben Brown Sanford’s rich potter history, from North State Pottery to the ‘Sanford Coles’ and beyond North Carolina’s pottery tradition is celebrated by scholars and collectors alike, and ...

By Richard Sullins | richard@rantnc.com David Gietzen of Sanford was sentenced to six years in prison this week for his participation in the riot at the U.S. Capitol Complex in Washington, D.C. on ...

Hayley Redding teaches ELA and social studies at Western Harnett Middle School near the Barbecue community in Harnett County. The 2014 Campbell University graduate said she chose to teach in a ...

On the Friends of the Rant podcast, Gordon interviews Indie Fest performers Julia, an “intergalactic funk” band from Raleigh, and Chapel Hill’s Blue Cactus, who play a strain of Americana that brings ...

The Friends of the Lee County Library will hold its annual book sale from Thursday to Saturday in the auditorium of the Lee County Library’s main branch at 107 Hawkins Ave. The group will ...

It seems clear that Lee County Schools enjoy broad support among the county’s commissioners, and that when County Manager Lisa Minter presents the first draft of the county’s budget to the board in ...

On this week’s Friends of the Rant podcast, Gordon interviews Asheville’s Chris McGinnis, whose music has been described as “Appalachian absurdity for the 21st Century,” as well as Paleface, whose ...