Honoring Veterans through song
The Rains Intermediate School Choir sings “Sacrifices Made” during the Veterans Day program at Rains ISD on Monday, November 11, in Talkington Gym. […]
Articles by Chuck Fitts
Wildcat season ends on soggy night with loss
The Rains Wildcat football team battled the weather and the Mineola Yellowjackets on Friday night, November 8 with playoffs on the line, but the season came to an end in the 63-41 loss. […]
Stingy Lady Cats off to strong start
The Rains Lady Cat basketball team started the season with defensive victories as they look to build on last year’s success. […]
Trustees begin plans for new tennis courts on campus
The Rains ISD Board of Trustees moved forward with plans to build new tennis courts for the district during the regular meeting on Monday, November 11. […]
Voters turn down sales tax district, incumbents retain seats
Local preliminary results of the November 5 General Election saw incumbents retain seats, while the creation of the sales tax district for the county failed for the third time. […]
Honoring veterans this Veterans Day weekend
Celebrations are planned to honor Rains County veterans with events over the Veterans Day weekend. […]
Local veterans join Heroes Flight for Veterans
Two local veterans participated in the 20th Brookshire’s and Super 1 Foods Heroes Flight for Veterans on October 21-23. […]
Spooky Fun
Kevin Douglas shows his young fire fighters how to get the good stuff at the Rains County Sheriff’s Department booth, manned by a shark and Alice in Chains, during the Spooktacular at Sandy Creek Park in Emory on Halloween. […]
Wildcats start strong, fall to big-play Tigers
The Rains Wildcat football team started the district match by scoring on their first two drives, but big plays by the Commerce Tigers led to a 54-19 loss. […]
Court commits money from new sales tax district to roads
The Rains County Commissioners Court held a regular meeting on Thursday, October 24, to commit the funds raised by the county sales tax district to road materials if approved by county residents. […]