Hoover signs with NSU
Ready to sign, Sage Hoover intends to attend Northwestern State University on a softball scholarship. Seated (l-r) are: mother Valerie Hoover, Sage, father Terry Hoover; standing: Coach Delozier, sister Aspen Hoover. […]
Month: November 2020
Ladies open season with win
With a Lady Knight in her face, senior Chanlee Oakes (12) takes the jumpshot for the Rains Lady Cats during the season-opening 64-20 victory over the Christian Home Educators of Sulphur Springs (CHESS) in Emory on Thursday, November 12. […]
Miller Grove ISD honors veterans
Miller Grove ISD third-grader Leelan Starek (left) and kindergartner Makenna Zimmerman (right) proudly stand beside the special American Flag created by elementary, junior high and high school art students to show support, gratitude and love for brave veterans. […]
10-point buck
Greenlee Moore proudly displays her first buck. The 11-year-old shot the 10-point deer while hunting with her Poppy, Jeff Dowlen, in Rains County on November 9. […]
Big win at OLM
The Thomas girls are on their way to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in January for World’s Universal Beauty Competition. Kinzlee Thomas (left) is the reigning Texas Our Little Miss (OLM) Official Queen and her mom, Brittainy Thomas (right), recently won Texas Miss Personality in the 2020 Texas State Universal Beauty Scholarship Competition in Killeen. […]
from my view of Emory on November 17, 2020
Hello everyone, hope you all had a wonderful week so far. I wanna start off by announcing that Garrett Cochrane and Trinity Barrow had a new arrival of little Cooper Howard Cochrane! He was earlier than expected so he will be in the NICU at Hunt Regional till he gets a little bigger. […]
Interesting Point for November 17, 2020
What a week! We have had a little bit of everything weather wise. Take time to enjoy the weather, it could change at anytime. […]
Plan ahead for turkey dinner
Start planning now to have your turkey ready in time for Thanksgiving dinner. A good rule of thumb when thawing in a refrigerator at 38 degrees is to allow one day of thawing per four pounds of bird. So, this year my 22-lb Butterball will need at least 5-1/2 days to thaw. […]
A lone Indian Paintbrush and Paul McMerrell
David and I visited with our dog friend Spike last weekend while his people took a break from raising cattle. Spike was unusually subdued, maybe feeling the pressure of 2020 like the rest of us. More likely, though, his calm attitude is because of the strict restraints he’s under to keep him from chasing several new calves. Instead of having the run of the ranch, he stays in the barn, the house or tethered on the patio, and he walks on a leash. […]
County, cities see increased sales tax allocations
Rains County and its municipalities continue to see an increase in revenue from the sale of taxable goods being returned from the office of Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar in November compared to the same month last year. […]