New Elementary Principal Jennifer Dracos has 27 years of education experience
School will begin on Tuesday, August 4, and Rains Elementary School is busy with registrations and information sessions for teachers returning to work. […]
Month: July 2026
Council updated on park grant, appoints EDC members
The East Tawakoni City Council held a regular meeting on Tuesday, July 21, to hear an update on a grant application for the city park and appoint members to the East Tawakoni Economic Development Corporation (EDC). […]
Council considers selling property, pursuing grants
The Point City Council considered options for selling city property, looked into grants and asked for volunteers during the regular meeting on Thursday, July 23. […]
Red Light, Green Light
Construction is underway on the traffic signal at the intersection of Hwy. 19 and Quitman St. […]
Game wardens rescue angler after 3 hours in Lake Tawakoni
Two Texas Game Wardens — Dewayne Noble, stationed in Rains County, and Josh Bonney, stationed in Hunt County — rescued an angler Friday who spent more than three hours in the water after his boat struck a submerged tree during Media Bass Fishing Championship Tour, a bass fishing tournament on Lake Tawakoni. […]
Lieutenant David got a magic knee!
One of my favorite scenes from the movie Forrest Gump happens when Forrest sees his friend Dan Taylor, who lost both legs in Vietnam, walking across his lawn to attend his wedding. […]
July 30, 2026
Good Sam Clothes/Thrift Shop Sales The Rains County Good Samaritan Clothes Shop will be open Monday-Thursday in the building behind the public library on Hwy. 69 in Emory. Hours for Mon.-Wed. are 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., […]
Wallace McCollum Jr.
Wallace McCollum Jr., 74, died on July 22, 2026. […]
Jerry Don Cason
Jerry Don Cason, 81, died on July 27, 2026. […]
Lois Pearl Sanders (Williams)
Lois Pearl Williams Sanders, 84, died on July 26, 2026. […]