Man of Distinction
Douglas Oneal Green visits with Speech Therapist Amber Barnes, as well as other facility staff and residents at Senior Suite Care & Rehab in Emory on July 6. […]
News
Chewin’ the fat
Art Davis, Bill Moize, Troy Lopez and Bert Roan trade stories to pass time Monday morning, July 19, while smoking the meat that is to be served at the Lake Country Neighbors’ Veterans Thank You luncheon on Tuesday. Inside the smoker were 24 briskets and 100 pounds of sau- sage. […]
July 20, 2021
Good Sam Clothes/ Thrift Shop Sales; Back 2 School Youth Lock In; RC Fair Pageant Applications; Thousand Trails Hosts 1st Responders Day; Point Civic Club Ice Cream Social […]
Commissioners hear results of audit, update proposed budget
The Rains County Commissioners Court held a regular meeting on Thursday, July 8, to hear the results of the outside audit of the county’s finances, award material bids and consider updates to the new budget. […]
County, Emory continue upward trend; Point, ET see decline
The City of Emory and Rains County continue to see increases in the amount of local sales tax allocations being returned in June, but the City of East Tawakoni saw an over 50-percent drop in revenues compared to last year. […]
WWII veteran nears century mark
Charlie Cooper has lived in Rains County a few decades now. On June 25, he turned 99, and celebrated with parties, amongst family and friends. […]
State bound
The Emory Outlaws baseball team will travel to Temple this week to compete in the Texas Teenage Boys Baseball 10 and under state championship tournament. […]
Flats and Area News
My sister, Patsy Powell, is terribly heart broken because her dog, Rebel, that she inherited from her deceased daughter, Sherry Wise, is missing. He was fearful of thunder, storms and fireworks. He disappeared on Saturday, July 3. […]
July 13, 2021
Good Sam Clothes/ Thrift Shop Sales; Rains Co. 4-H Youth Sewing Clinic; LCN Hosts Veterans Luncheon; Point Ladies Civic Club Fundraiser; Colony Cemetery Memorial Day; Back 2 School Youth Lock In […]
Man guilty of murder in Rains County in 1999 dies Thursday
A man who pled guilty to a gruesome murder as a teen died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound while Jefferson County deputies attempted to serve an arrest warrant Thursday night, July 2, near Fannett, Texas. […]