The East Tawakoni City Council made plans to revise the current city ordinance on chickens, reviewed the master plan for the city and approved the hire of an additional officer on the city’s police department during the regular meeting on Tuesday, December 17. […]
The Southwest Wrestling Entertainment (SWE) announced on Monday, December 23, that the company had signed a broadcast deal with a Right Now TV, a national television network and designated the “Old Gin” in Point as the new permanent home for the company’s events. […]
Arrested in October for theft of livestock in Rains County, Robert Mitchell Self, 32, of Wolfe City, surrendered to Fannin County authorities in November for hindering a secured creditor. […]
Memorial services for Carl Ray McFerren, 77, of Emory, were held on January 11 at Bartley Funeral Home in Grand Saline. Andy Clower and Josh Self officiated. […]
The Rains Lady Cats repeated as tournament champions, but joined the Rains Wildcats in falling to Mineola in a return to district play last week. […]
Happy 2020 – a new year, a leap year, and the beginning of a new decade. One hundred years ago marked the beginning of the Roaring Twenties, a decade of economic growth and widespread prosperity, driven by postwar spending, a construction boom and the rapid growth of consumer goods. […]
Not only has a new year arrived, but a new decade as well! In an average lifetime, we encounter about six days (give or take) that begin a new decade. Congratulations, you have just made it past another one! […]
The rollercoaster ride that was 2019 has finally come to an end so it is time to take a look back at the hills and valleys of another eventful year in Rains County. […]
In a decade that saw the Rains Independent School District [RISD] build its fourth school building, a new football stadium, and a baseball/softball complex; a tornado rip through Rains County; and a new Two-Mile Bridge built across Lake Tawakoni, it was the successful state championship run of the Rains Lady Cat softball team that topped the news in the decade of 2010-2019. […]
Lyn Baldwin loves the written word and has spent most of her life passing that burning love on to others. One of the ways she has accomplished that goal is by serving on the Board of the Friends of the Rains County Library for almost a decade. At the Board meeting on January 2, she passed that torch on to Linda Brendle who will serve in her place but will never fill her shoes. […]
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