Sylvia Darlene Bagby Parsons
Sylvia Darlene Bagby Parsons, 79, died on July 13, 2025. […]
Year: 2025
Mark David Yates
Mark David Yates, 63, of Alba, died on July 13, 2025. […]
Franklin sentenced on DWI charge, trial date set for other charges
Rains County Justice of the Peace Jenkins Franklin was sentenced for his driving while intoxicated (DWI) charge and had trial dates set on four other charges when he appeared in a Rains County court on Friday, June 27. […]
Sisters, Juanita Campbell and Ann Phillips, have found happiness at the Emory Senior Center
Juanita Campbell and Ann Phillips are sisters who were born in Rains County in the early 1940s. […]
Council approves parking lot grant to four businesses
The Emory City Council met in regular session Tuesday evening, July 8. Among the actions taken by the council were approving a parking lot grant for four businesses, rezoning property located on S. Texas St., and the appointment of Tom Parsons as interim city administrator. […]
Saturday, in the park!
Rains County celebrated Independence Day on Saturday, July 5, at Heritage Park in Emory. […]
Commissioners appoint Brent Hilliard county judge
The Rains County Commissioners Court concluded five and a half hours of interviews and selected Brent Hilliard to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Linda Wallace as county judge. […]
Keeping it simple on the 4th
Today is Saturday, July 5, and we just finished celebrating Independence Day, the anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, by which the United States of America was established. […]
County Judge Linda Wallace indicted on felony charge
Rains County Judge Linda Wallace was indicted by a grand jury on Monday, June 30, on one count of tampering with a witness, a third-degree felony. […]
July 10, 2025
Good Sam Clothes/Thrift Shop Sales; American Legion Breakfast; Celebrate The Rolens; Colony Cemetery Annual Memorial Day; FOL Book Sale – New date and location; St. John’s annual rummage sale coming soon; RHS Class of 1965 set […]