Commissioners spend afternoon discussing roads
The Rains County Commissioners Court discussed the plans and goals for the Rains County Road & Bridge Department during a special meeting on Thursday, Nov. 5. […]
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Board backs plan to lift Rains Intermediate from F rating
The Rains ISD Board of Trustees held a regular meeting on Monday, November 9, to consider the Rains Intermediate Targeted Improvement Plan, hear about the accomplishments of the district’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) Program and apply for grants. […]
Sea Cadet makes waves in Rains County
Naval Sea Cadet Audrey Jones is presented a certificate of recognition for her outstanding dedication, leadership, community service and academic excellence by Griselda Chalk of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 156 during a ceremony after the Veterans Parade in Emory on Saturday, November 7. […]
Oakes resigns as athletic director
Rains ISD Superintendent Joe Nicks announced in a press release on Tuesday, November 10, that Bryan Oakes would no longer be the athletic director for Rains ISD. […]
Emory native named TCMA Female Artistof the Year
Billie Jo Jones of Emory, a 2009 graduate of Rains High School, was named Female Artist of the Year at the 2026 Texas Country Music Awards on Sunday, Nov. 8, at Billy Bob’s Texas in the Fort Worth Stockyards. […]
First Annual Stew Cook-offset for December
Plans for a long-awaited and highly-anticipated event are coming to fruition in Rains County. […]
November 12, 2026
Good Sam Clothes/ Thrift Shop Sales; American Legion Breakfast; Thanksgiving Luncheon; SLKC Fundraiser Thanksgiving Bake Sale; American Legion Dinner; Blood Drive in Yantis; Toys for Tots Applications available online; Angel Tree Angels available; Vendors needed for Christmas Around the Park; Christmas Parade entries; Emory storefront decorating contest; Community Seeds Christmas Dinner; RYSA Stew Cook-off; Tai Chi Class Wednesdays in Nov & Dec. […]
Foundation holds 4th Annual Westyn’s Run 5K
The drizzling rain held off just long enough last Saturday to get a good start on the 4th Annual Westyn’s Run 5K, a memorial run put together by the Westyn Mandrell Foundation. […]
Rains stays red, Texas flips blue
The voters of Rains County cast a majority of votes for Republican candidates, while Texas saw a historic shift with the election of many Democratic candidates to state and federal offices. […]
The Wait of a Lifetime: Eric Velasquez needs a kidney
Recently, a member of the Emory Baptist Church (EBC) came into the office, desperately trying to think of a way to help local resident, Eric Velasquez, find a new kidney. He is in end-stage renal failure. […]