Articles by Judy Kramer

Saylor Barrios is in her fifth year teaching seventh grade language arts at Rains Junior High School. […]

A local Mardi Gras celebration in 2007 led to the beginning of an annual fundraiser for scholarships in 2008. Lake Country Neighbors (LCN) held the first Mardi Gras charitable event that raised $2,000 for Rains […]

Tri-Point Surveying, located at 903 E. Lennon, is a family-run business. Greg Connaughton is a highly skilled land surveyor whose business serves Rains, Hopkins, Hunt, Wood, Franklin and Van Zandt counties. […]

Linda Rhodes worked in a food bank when she and her husband Jesse lived in Iowa. […]

Taylor Poling has been working as a Special Education Pre-kindergarten aide at Rains ISD since the beginning of the 2025/2026 school year. […]

Kelsey Hernandez massaged her grandma’s shoulders when she was young and decided she would be a massage therapist when she grew up. […]

Long-time readers of past Rains County Leader newspapers might remember articles about Dirk Schutter, a current Emory resident, in 2003, and again in 2022. […]

When Brittany Pitre was in seventh grade, she decided she wanted to be a hygienist, and in high school and college, she worked many jobs in Emory to help pay for her education. […]

Lynn Ramsey and son, Morgan, are partners who own and operate Ramsey Dairy Farm at 1541 S. 779, in Emory. […]

Game Warden Dewayne Noble has served as a Texas Game Warden since his graduation from Game Warden Academy in May 2008. […]