Pageants, shows and carnival return after year hiatus
After a year hiatus, a week’s worth of food, festivities and fun descend upon Emory, including the livestock show, carnival, parade and the Rains County pageants. […]
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Court appoints clerk, and then it’s business as usual
The court appointed a new county clerk, added a new paid county holiday to the calendar, and conducted the usual court business on Rains County Judge Linda Wallace’s first regular commissioners court meeting held Thursday, September 9, at 10:00 a.m. […]
Tax returns remain in black for Emory, Rains County
Rains County and the City of Emory continued to see an increase in the sales of taxable goods in July compared to 2020 as the rest of the state of Texas saw an increase of 20.9 percent in allocations being returned to local taxing entities in September. […]
September 14, 2021
Good Sam Clothes/ Thrift Shop Sales; FOL Meets; Shelby Town Hall Meet And Greet; Class of 1964 Reunion; Am. Legion Booth At The Fair; 1965 Class Reunion; Am. Legion Post 156 Dinner; Woosley Cemetery Meeting; Community Center In Bonanza Opens; Rescue At FOL Book Sale; Renaissance Under the Stars New Date […]
Commissioners appoint Wallace as new county judge
Rains County Clerk Linda Wallace was approved to fill the remaining 16-month term of the county judge position during a special meeting of the Rains County Commissioners Court held in the courtroom on Thursday, September 2, at 10:30 a.m. […]
Week full of festivities planned as fair returns to Rains County
The fairgrounds are expected to come alive again this year with pageants, exhibits, carnival, mutton bustin’, livestock show, music and more during the Rains County Fair on Tuesday, September 14, through Saturday, September 18. […]
Rains schools take early holiday, emergency meeting planned
The Rains Independent School District (ISD) Board of Trustees will meet for an emergency meeting tonight, Tuesday, September 7. […]
Cooper, a walking history book
Emory Municipal Court Judge Mickey Cooper has served in a number of interesting and respectful government and commercial positions in and near Rains County during his lifetime. But, he may be remembered most fondly for his 40 years with the Emory Volunteer Fire Department. […]
Two-mile bridge named for fallen soldier
The Hwy. 276 bridge over Lake Tawakoni in Hunt and Rains counties was officially named Staff Sergeant Shawn Henry McNabb Memorial Bridge as of September 1. […]
Commander Kevin Ray assumes command of PCU Savannah
On August 16, 2021, United States Navy Commander Kevin Ray assumed command of the Independence-variant littoral combat ship PCU Savannah (LCS 28) Blue Crew at Naval Base San Diego in California. […]