Wildcats finish season with win
The Rains Wildcat varsity football team found the end zone four times in the first half and cruised to a 50-6 victory over the Bonham Warriors for their first win of the season on Friday night, November 3. […]
Month: November 2023
Daylight Savings Time rolls around every year!
I wrote the main body of this week’s column exactly six years ago on November 5, 2017. I generally try to avoid re-running old columns, but today has been one of those days. […]
November 9, 2023
Early Deadline Thanksgiving Week; Am. Legion Breakfast; Women’s Service Club Thanksgiving; Thanksgiving Dinner; Surviving The Holidays Seminar […]
Robert “Butch” Carl Smitty
Robert “Butch” Carl Smitty, 81, of Emory, died on November 9, 2023. […]
Glenda Jean Clark McMahen
Glenda Jean Clark McMahen, 83, died on November 4, 2023. […]
Taylor, Fitzgerald honored for their service
Craig Taylor (left) of the Emory Volunteer Fire Department and Michael Fitzgerald (right) of the Point Police Department were awarded Fireman of the Year and Law Enforcement Officer of the Year by the Rabb Brothers Memorial American Legion Post 156. […]
Owner of Leeo’s Chicken heads to Cambodia in search of family members
Puthal Leeo Loeuk, who likes to be known as Leeo, has owned Leeo’s Chicken in Emory for 14 years. […]
Firefighters fight blaze at Emory Livestock Auction
Thousands of bales of hay were consumed by fire Monday evening, October 30. The hay, which was intended as fodder for sale animals, was located in a storage barn behind the Emory Livestock Auction. […]
Early voting ends Friday; Election Day Tuesday
Early voting continues for the November 7 General Election with seven percent of registered voters in Rains County having already voted early on the tax rate for the school district, vacancies on the Point City Council, establishment of a special taxing district for the county and amendments to the Texas Constitution. […]
Commissioners court discusses tax abatements, security
The Rains County Commissioners Court held a regular meeting on Thursday, October 26, to discuss tax abatements, bid for security cameras at the courthouse and replacing the air conditioning unit at the senior center. […]