Spotlight

Debbie Jones had a professional background that included working as a Child Protection Services agent and mental health case manager before opening The Wildflower Wedding and Special Event Venue in 2018. […]

Agent and County Coordinator Stephen Gowin has been with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension for 26 years, 18 of those years in Rains County, and he says the fun part of his job is that every day is different. […]

Rising early and sometimes working late into the night was the life of Henry Potts when he opened his first, one-room Potts Feed Store in 1962. The building had no restroom and was located in a lot next to where the current Emory United Methodist Church stands. […]

Rains Elementary School is a hive of approximately 450 active young children in grades Pre-K to second grade. Garnering youngsters in a Pre-K class to engage in lessons, centers, and other scheduled activities nearly “takes a village” to accomplish. […]

Katelyn Green, founder of New Favorite Day Dog Rescue, in Emory, had no intention of opening an animal rescue organization when she was studying music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, in California. […]

Ellen Martin, who lived in Rains County during the last half of the 19th century, was a quilter. Her great-great granddaughter, Reta Kinnard, and Kinnard’s daughter, Kim Moore, discovered a double-bed sized quilt made by Martin, in good condition, and have recently donated it to the Rains County Library […]

Stephen Cross spends his work days as Area Manager for Communication at Spectrum. Then, he starts his second shift at Point City Hall where he has served as mayor since November 30. […]

Cay Braziel House was born and raised in Rains County and is the only child of parents who served as judges in the county. […]

The City of Emory is looking especially good these days. Downtown, including the Courthouse Square, was trash and weed free for the Christmas ’Round the Square celebration in December. […]

Jeff Jackson, Pastor of Bull Creek Cowboy Church on the far north end of Rains County, returned home to Texas four years ago to continue his call to Christian ministry. […]