Class of 2020 honor students named
Rains High School has released the names of the honor students for the graduating class of 2020. […]
Year: 2020
Normal life is calling
I need a loaf of bread. David had been asking for BLT’s, so when Brookshire’s offered a three-pound package of bacon for $9.99, I put it on the list. We have enjoyed several sandwiches since then, and David is a happy man. However, I underestimated the number of sandwiches in that much bacon, and I’m almost out of bread. […]
May 26, 2020
Rains County Good Samaritans Opens; Bonanza Seeking Repair Donations; Spring Clean-up In Point, May 23-30; Flag Retirement Ceremony, May 31; Community Seeds, Services Of Hope; Lynch Cemetery, Second Work Day; Prospect Cemetery Association To Meet; Willow Springs Homecoming Canceled; Long Cemetery Meeting, Memorial Service Canceled; Smyrna Cemetery Lunch And Meeting Canceled […]
Modean McMillan Lane
Modean McMillan Lane, 100 of Emory, died on May 21, 2020. […]
Randell Schantini
Randell (Randy) Schantini, 48, of Point, died May 21, 2020, after a long battle with cancer. […]
Martha LaRue Williams
Martha LaRue Williams died in her home in Alba on May 19, 2020. […]
Clearing the roadway for others
Chris Sasser uses a saws-all to cut back the branches of a fallen tree on RCR 2470 on Monday morning, May 18. The tree appeared to have toppled as the result of the heavy rainfall over the weekend. […]
Council appoints new member; hears police update
The City Council of Point filled a vacant seat on the council and questioned the chief of police concerning recent activity in the city at the regular meeting on Tuesday, May 12, in the meeting room of the Point City Hall. […]
Second round of testing
A member of the Texas National Guard prepares to administer a test for COVID-19 on Friday afternoon, May 15, on the campus of the Rains Junior High School. Seventy-eight tests were administered on Friday, the second time the campus has hosted the event. […]
Board approves 2020-21 school calendar
Rains ISD board members approved the school calendar for 2020-2021, learned of the plans for the senior graduation ceremony and heard the current financial status due to COVID-19 during the regular meeting on Monday, May 11. […]