Early voting continues for March 3 primaries
After a week of early voting, 603 residents of Rains County have cast ballots in the March 3 primary. […]
Month: February 2020
Rules set for shelter, employees recognized
The Emory City Council passed a resolution, sent out for bids, revised an ordinance and heard presentations during the regular meeting on Tuesday, February 18. […]
Cleanup continues, business reopens
Big Daddy’s convenience store on Hwy. 276 in East Tawakoni has reopened over one week after a gasoline leak was discovered near the in-ground fuel tanks on Sunday, February 16. […]
Seventh-grade Wildcats are 2019-2020 district champs
The Rains Wildcat Junior High seventh-grade boys basketball team is the 2019-2020 District Champs. […]
Lady Cat B team district runner-up
The Rains Lady Cat seventh- and eighth-grade B team were district runner-up for the 2019-2020 season. […]
Miller Grove Robotics team compets at VRC state meet
The Miller Grove Robotics Team competed at the Vex Robotics Competition (VRC) Texas Region 2 State Championship in Terrell held on Saturday, Feb. 22. The team, made up of 7th and 8th graders, traveled to Terrell with their robot which qualified for state based on its ranking in the Robot Skills Challenge at the previous competition in Terrell. The team finished 15th out of 25 teams. […]
Wildcats head to playoffs, Ladies exit in area round
The Rains Wildcats basketball team gets revenge on the Edgewood Bulldogs to finish second in District 12-3A while the Lady Cats are eliminated from playoffs by the Howe Lady Bulldogs. […]
Modean Lane celebrates 100
Beloved mother, grandmother, great- and great-great-grandmother Modean McMillan Lane celebrated her 100th birthday this month with family and friends. […]
The call of the wild
First, let me say this column is not about the Jack London novel or the new Harrison Ford movie. It’s sort of about a dog, but it’s mostly about me being a fraidy-cat. […]
The Women of Lockerbie
Rains High School invites the community to watch the production of The Women of Lockerbie on Tuesday, March 3. The one-act play is free to the public and will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the RHS cafetorium. […]