Saylor Barrios loves teaching junior high language arts
Saylor Barrios is in her fifth year teaching seventh grade language arts at Rains Junior High School. […]
Columns
Okay, I’m a cat lady!
When I first started posting pictures of Kitty online and writing columns about her, one of my cousins said I was becoming a cat lady. […]
Lake Country Neighbors have raised money for scholarships since 2008
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 […]
Spike was a good dog
Spike was a handsome, playful, mischievous, lovable stray who showed up at Kent and Stella’s ranch in February of 2015 and never left. […]
Greg and Becky Connaughton owners of Tri-Point Surveying in Emory
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. […]
It happened again…
…and this time, it happened right next door! […]
Jesse and Linda Rhodes are having the time of their lives volunteering at Good Samaritans
Linda Rhodes worked in a food bank when she and her husband Jesse lived in Iowa. […]
The Empty Tomb
Three years ago this coming May, David and I took a trip to Israel along with a couple dozen members of our church family. […]
Taylor Poling is a Special Education aide at Rains ISD
Taylor Poling has been working as a Special Education Pre-kindergarten aide at Rains ISD since the beginning of the 2025/2026 school year. […]
French? Really?
David and I went to lunch with Robert and Fawncyne on Sunday after church, and without intending to, the waitress was the catalyst for this column. […]