Spring weather preparedness
It has been four years since Rains County experienced an EF3 tornado, which destroyed and severely damaged many homes and structures, including St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, on April 29, 2017. […]
News
Informals, property tax protest and appeal procedures
The Rains County Appraisal District has prepared 2021 Notices of Appraised Value for all non-commercial properties. The notices were mailed on April 19, giving property owners time to conduct informal meetings with their appraiser before a formal protest. […]
Race Across the Bridge and Expo
East Tawakoni Economic Development Corp. is having its first Race Across the Bridge and Expo on Saturday, May 15, to benefit East Tawakoni’s parks and recreation. […]
Johnny Wallace memorial event
A scholarship event remembering Johnny Wallace will be held on Saturday, June 5, at the Rains County Fairgrounds. […]
Economic Development – first impresions …
Having arrived on the job in Emory on January 20, I found myself in the middle of the COVID-19 crisis, with offices around town closed, stores either closed or open part time, and me having just gotten over COVID-19 myself. […]
STAAR tests for RHS students this week
Rains High School students will take three portions of the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) End-of-Course (EOC) exams on May 4-6. […]
Child Advocacy Center
The Rains County Chamber of Commerce held a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony of the new satellite office for the Northeast Texas Child Advocacy Center located on Doris Briggs Pkwy. in Emory. […]
May 4, 2021
Good Sam Clothes Shop, Weekdays; Good Sams’ Food Pantry Pickup; Good Samaritan Thrift Shop Open; Rains Garden Club Plant Auction; Hooker Cemetery Clean-Up; Lynch Cemetery Meeting; Rain HS New Anglers Meeting; Clifton Cemetery Assn. Meets May; Hooker Cemetery Annual Meeting; First Baptist Yantis Garage Sale; Elm Cemetery Memorial Service; Pilgrim Rest Cem. Memorial Day […]
Two RISD trustee races to be decided Saturday
Rains County residents head to the polls on Saturday, May 1, to choose Place 2 and Place 3 on the Rains ISD Board of Trustees. […]
High-speed chase ends with crash; suspect in custody
Rains County Sheriff’s Office (RCSO) Public Information Officer Ken Cagle submitted a press release last week which stated that RCSO Deputy Jamison Beck was involved in a high-speed chase with suspect Samuel Socia of Whitehouse, on Wednesday, April 21. […]