Christmas celebration set for Saturday
Lights are strung, decorations are out, Christmas is right around the corner – or as close as Saturday, December 5. Emory will ring in the holiday season Saturday with Christmas Around the Square. […]
Articles by Trey Hill
RISD to close Wednesday
Rains Independent School District [RISD] superintendent, Jennifer Johnson, sent out letters to parents Monday afternoon, November 16, stating that RISD schools will be closed Wednesday, November 18, through Friday, November 20. […]
County continues to see increase in number of COVID cases
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases continues to rise in Rains County. The recent totals from Northeast Texas Public Health District [NET Health] reported 51 new cases in the county over the past seven days. […]
Look, no hands!
Nate Carista appears to demonstrate the security of his safety harness while installing Christmas lights on the dome atop the Rains County Courthouse. Carista and Colin Gowin (left) with First Due Christmas Lighting have been installing the Christmas lights on the courthouse for the past two years. […]
RISD halts instruction
Friday evening, October 9, Rains Independent School District (RISD) Superintendent Jennifer Johnson issued a statement that due to recent positive tests of COVID-19 and direction from the State Health Department, RISD is suspending all instruction for Pre-K through 12 and closing their Child Development Center through Thursday, October 22. […]
Early voting underway
Early voting by personal appearance began this morning, Tuesday morning, and continues through Friday, October 30, at the Rains County Courthouse Annex at 220 West Quitman St. […]
Shine on, shine on…
Like the song said, a harvest moon shone as it rose above the roof of the Rains County Courthouse on Thursday evening, October 1. This year there will be a second full moon, or a blue hunter’s moon as it is called, which will occur Saturday, October 31. That’s right, Halloween will have a full moon this year … fitting! […]
A bit of this and that for September 29, 2020
Last week I received my September 24 issue of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald. The front-page photo showed a burn pile with Franklin County Sheriff Ricky Jones and Franklin County Clerk Betty Crane looking on while fire consumed several boxes that were placed on the woodpile. […]
Rains juniors bring home the bacon
The Rains County Fair Association held its annual junior livestock exhibition and auction last week on the Rains County fairgrounds. Despite the cancellation of this year’s county fair due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the livestock show went off without a hitch. […]
Rains County Fair Junior Livestock Parade of Champions
Winners of the Rains Junior Livestock show held Thursday and Friday, September 17 and 18, were recognized prior to the auction Saturday morning, September 19. […]