The Rains High School Band recently earned First Division ratings in both Concert and Sight Reading at the Region 3 UIL Concert and Sight Reading Contest held in Canton on Wednesday, March 4. With a First Division rating in UIL Marching Band, the band has earned the coveted UIL Sweepstakes Award. It is the first documented UIL Sweepstakes in Rains ISD history. […]
Rains High School Freshman Harley Kreck (12) tips ball back over the net during a district match this season. Kreck was choosen as the All-East Texas team’s Newcomer of the Year in volleyball. […]
Good Samaritans’ Thrift Shop Sale; Am. Legion Buffet Breakfast, March 14; Good Sam’s Food Pantry Pickup; Rural, Set, Go Employer Forum; Mass Hiring Event Held March 17; FOL Meets Mar. 19; Technology Talks […]
A funeral service for Nannie J. McQueen, 82, of Emory was held on March 13 at Calvary Baptist Church in Emory. […]
Services for Dorothy Strebeck, 89, of Alba were held March 12 at Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba. […]
A memorial service for Yolanda Emerline, 75, of Emory, was held March 7 at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. […]
Services for Melissia Pruitt Thomas, 49, of Grand Saline were held March 7 at Bartley Funeral Home. […]
The Prairie Grove Missionary Baptist Church was organized in 1879 in Rains County. It is believed to be the first African-American church in the county, located about 3.5 miles northwest of a little town called Simon Villa. […]
Qualifying for the regional power lifting meet are (l-r) Ty Jacobs, Kenlee Clifton and Colton Gable. Jacobs and Gable will lift at regional meet in Malakoff on March 6 and Clifton will compete in Fairfield on March 7. […]
Rains High School Debate Team members Kaleb Donald (l) and Ronald Carnes (r) placed third in the District Cross Examination Debate held on February 5 at Grand Saline High School. The accomplishment qualifies them as alternates for the state meet. […]
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