Sanford News

The 59-year-old Sanford, N.C., resident walked into a small, windowless room in the Durham VA Medical Center, filled out a survey, signed consent forms and held out his arm for the needle.

Durham VA Medical Center Nurse Rose Smith draws blood from Army Master Sgt. Clarence Gray, 59, at the Durham hospital last Friday.

A Caterpillar spokesman on Wednesday would not confirm an Associated Press report that the heavy equipment maker plans to locate a new plant near Cary.

Thomas Grandville Alston, 41, pleaded guilty to generating hundreds of thousands of dollars moving kilograms of cocaine throughout the eastern and middle districts of the state, according to a U.S. Department of Justice release.

A free program to test well water quality in Lee and Chatham counties is getting underway Thursday with two informational sessions in Sanford for interested property owners.

A two-vehicle accident in front of Corinth Holders High School was reported at 6:48 a.m. according to the Johnston County Emergency communications office.

The 59-year-old Sanford resident walked into a small, windowless room in the Durham VA Medical Center, filled out a survey, signed consent forms and held out his arm for the needle.

Sanford police said a man was killed early Sunday morning after being hit by a train.A Police said the incident happened around 1 a.m. near Fields Drive and Washington Avenue.A Officers said it appeared the man was sitting on the tracks when he was hit by the train.A No other details were released.

Caterpillar, a heavy-equipment maker whose booming business has already led it to expand in Sanford and Winston-Salem, plans to add 199 well-paying jobs at its plant in Johnston County over the next five years.

Career fair attendees lined up at the Caterpillar company's booth on Friday. The company is adding 199 jobs to its Clayton plant in the next 5 years.

Jan. 25 was bid-opening day for the long-awaited, oft-delayed final segment of the popular greenway.

Maestro William Henry Curry brings the North Carolina Symphony to three North Carolina communities next month for masterworks by Chopin and Tchaikovsky.

"It's going to be a nice boost to our local economy because those people ... will be going downtown for lunch and they're going to be buying gasoline along Highway 70," said Clayton Mayor Jody McLeod.

Are you looking for a moving and spirit-filled concert to attend? Will you be in the Charlotte area? If so you should check out Ivan Parker.