The Rains County Commissioners Court concluded five and a half hours of interviews and selected Brent Hilliard to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Linda Wallace as county judge. […]

Rains County celebrated Independence Day on Saturday, July 5, at Heritage Park in Emory. […]

The Emory City Council met in regular session Tuesday evening, July 8. Among the actions taken by the council were approving a parking lot grant for four businesses, rezoning property located on S. Texas St., and the appointment of Tom Parsons as interim city administrator. […]

Rains County Justice of the Peace Jenkins Franklin was sentenced for his driving while intoxicated (DWI) charge and had trial dates set on four other charges when he appeared in a Rains County court on Friday, June 27. […]

Juanita Campbell and Ann Phillips are sisters who were born in Rains County in the early 1940s. […]

Rains County Judge Linda Wallace was indicted by a grand jury on Monday, June 30, on one count of tampering with a witness, a third-degree felony. […]

Today is Saturday, July 5, and we just finished celebrating Independence Day, the anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, by which the United States of America was established. […]

Good Sam Clothes/Thrift Shop Sales; American Legion Breakfast; Celebrate The Rolens; Colony Cemetery Annual Memorial Day; FOL Book Sale – New date and location; St. John’s annual rummage sale coming soon; RHS Class of 1965 set […]

The Women’s Service Club will host the 11th Annual Poppers in the Park on Saturday, July 5, in the Heritage Park at 805 W. Lennon Dr. […]

The Rains County Commissioners Court replaced air conditioning units at Rains County buildings, authorized construction of a new constables office in the Hill building and set a timeline for appointing a new Rains County Judge during the regular meeting on Thursday, June 26. […]