Clearing the roadway for others
Chris Sasser uses a saws-all to cut back the branches of a fallen tree on RCR 2470 on Monday morning, May 18. The tree appeared to have toppled as the result of the heavy rainfall over the weekend. […]
Articles by Trey Hill
Roadside beauties
Springtime in Texas means the annual appearance of bluebonnets sprinkled along the roadside of Texas highways. This batch of bluebonnets was spotted on Hwy. 19 and Robinson St. in Emory. […]
Judge Wolfe addresses requests for stay-at-home order
Rains County Judge Wayne Wolfe addressed the citizens of Rains County about a possible shelter-in-place order with a brief written statement he read on Thursday afternoon, April 2, in the courtroom of the Rains County Courthouse. […]
Helping out in time of need
Several Rains County residents proved they have a heart of gold by lending a helping hand during a difficult time. […]
Rains schools extend Spring Break as a precaution
Classrooms remained empty Monday morning, March 16, at Rains Independent School District as Spring Break was extended an additional week as a precautionary measure to reduce the risk of spreading the coronavirus, COVID-19, as it begins to impact the state of Texas. […]
County roads suffer heavy damage
Rains County roads suffered heavy damages during the recent rains. A total of 3.52 inches of rains was recorded Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, February 10-12. A bridge on County Road 3160 crossing Magee’s Creek was closed after most of its support was washed away during the rains. County Judge Wayne Wolfe said he and commissioners Mike Willis and Mike Godwin went out to the site and surveyed the damage. Wolfe said that the county has not determined what the next course of action will be. […]
Not so fast, Phil
Just four days after Punxsutawney Phil prognosticated a quick end to winter, Mother Nature had something to say about that as Rains County residents woke to a light dusting of snow Thursday morning, February 6, as the result of a weak cold front that passed through the area. […]
Rains to face familiar opponents in new districts
The University Interscholastic League [UIL] of Texas, the governing body for academic and athletic competition for member school districts, released their new conference and district alignments for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years Monday morning, February 3. […]
Softball state championship tops the stories of 2010-2019
In a decade that saw the Rains Independent School District [RISD] build its fourth school building, a new football stadium, and a baseball/softball complex; a tornado rip through Rains County; and a new Two-Mile Bridge built across Lake Tawakoni, it was the successful state championship run of the Rains Lady Cat softball team that topped the news in the decade of 2010-2019. […]
County to kick off holiday season Saturday
The cities of Rains County will kick off the Christmas holiday season this weekend with Christmas parades and other festivities on Saturday, December 7. […]