Wildcats season ends in area round
The Rains Wildcat baseball team’s season came to an end with a series loss to the Grandview Zebras in the area round of the Class 3A playoffs. […]
Year: 2022
More country than city
The City Girl column first began with a Letter to the Editor in September of 2011. When I continued to submit my thoughts from time to time, Earl Hill gave me print space. After several stories about the adventures and misadventures of being out of my city element, he began heading my column “City Girl,” and the name stuck. […]
County, ET see double digit increase
The office of Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar is returning over a billion dollars to statewide taxing districts in May, with Rains County, East Tawakoni and Emory seeing increases of 21 percent, 13 percent and 10 percent, respectively. […]
May 19, 2022
Good Sam Clothes/ Thrift Shop Sales; Carter BloodCare Blood Drive; Annual Elm Cemetery Service; Pilgrim Rest Cem. 1 Memorial Day; Rains High School Class of 2012 Reunion; Long Cemetery Assoc. Annual Meeting; Smyrna Cemetery Memorial Day […]
JoAnn Stoll
JoAnn Stoll, 77, of Wills Point, died on May 18, 2022. […]
Nathan “Skipper” Robinson
Nathan “Skipper” Robinson, 78, of Point, died on May 15, 2022. […]
Vonda Jean McCollum Ragsdale
Vonda Jean McCollum Ragsdale, 90, of Alba, died on May 13, 2022. […]
Danny Vance Bohannan
Danny Vince Bohannan, 51, of Alba, died on May 13, 2022. […]
Entertaining for all ages
Eric Brittingham from Wildlife on the Move entertained the young, and the not so young, with two shows on Saturday during Founder’s Day. The Rains County Chamber of Commerce enjoyed a Chamber-of-Commerce Day with moderate weather and a large turnout. […]
Voters approve amendments, prepare for runoff elections
Under ten percent of the registered voters in Rains County voted in the May 7 election on two amendments to the state constitution. […]