November 24, 2020
Good Samaritans Holiday Schedule The Good Samaritans thrift store and clothing store will be closed November 28 and December 26. The stores will be open December 5, 12, and 19. There will not be food […]
News
Rodney Glenn Ainsworth
Rodney Glenn Ainsworth, 48, of Point, died on November 23, 2020, at Hunt Regional Medical Center. […]
Trustees updated on COVID
Rains Independent School District [RISD] Superintendent Jennifer Johnson updated board members on the toll COVID-19 has taken on the school district during the regular monthly meeting of the RISD board of trustees Monday, November 9. Johnson told the board there have been 12 students and 12 staff members to test positive for the virus since the start of school. […]
RISD to close Wednesday
Rains Independent School District [RISD] superintendent, Jennifer Johnson, sent out letters to parents Monday afternoon, November 16, stating that RISD schools will be closed Wednesday, November 18, through Friday, November 20. […]
Court accepts new policies, canvasses election results
The Rains County Commissioners Court held a regular meeting on Thursday, November 12, to discuss adding stop signs on two county roads, approve changes to the Indigent Health Care program and canvass the November 3 election results in the county. […]
Council hears from citizen; holds executive session
The Point City Council heard public comments from a citizen, approved the consent agenda and held an executive session during the regular meeting on Monday, November 10. […]
County continues to see increase in number of COVID cases
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases continues to rise in Rains County. The recent totals from Northeast Texas Public Health District [NET Health] reported 51 new cases in the county over the past seven days. […]
County, cities see increased sales tax allocations
Rains County and its municipalities continue to see an increase in revenue from the sale of taxable goods being returned from the office of Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar in November compared to the same month last year. […]
Big win at OLM
The Thomas girls are on their way to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in January for World’s Universal Beauty Competition. Kinzlee Thomas (left) is the reigning Texas Our Little Miss (OLM) Official Queen and her mom, Brittainy Thomas (right), recently won Texas Miss Personality in the 2020 Texas State Universal Beauty Scholarship Competition in Killeen. […]
10-point buck
Greenlee Moore proudly displays her first buck. The 11-year-old shot the 10-point deer while hunting with her Poppy, Jeff Dowlen, in Rains County on November 9. […]