Rains County family honored as Foster Family of The Year
Eric and Savanna Christian were honored with a plaque at the 13th annual Help A Child benefit held on October 17, at the Hopkins County Civic Center in Sulphur Springs. […]
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WSC October meeting
The Women’s Service Club (WSC) met on October 12 for its monthly meeting. The last gathering of the ladies was in June due to the pandemic of 2020. […]
Speech, debate team wins big
Rilee Carson from Emory is a member of the Tyler Junior College speech and debate team, and they are off to a strong start this season, having earned top honors at recent tournaments that were held virtually. […]
October 20, 2020
Good Samaritans Openings; Safety, Sanitation Zoom Classes; Rains 4-H Club Sells Poinsettias; Julie Ray Cancer Fundraising Event; Red White And You Event; Rains County Angel Tree Time […]
RISD halts instruction
Friday evening, October 9, Rains Independent School District (RISD) Superintendent Jennifer Johnson issued a statement that due to recent positive tests of COVID-19 and direction from the State Health Department, RISD is suspending all instruction for Pre-K through 12 and closing their Child Development Center through Thursday, October 22. […]
Referendum seeks additional state funding
The Rains Independent School District (RISD) board of trustees has requested a voter-approved tax rate election (VATRE) be included on the November 3 General Election ballot. […]
Early voting underway
Early voting by personal appearance began this morning, Tuesday morning, and continues through Friday, October 30, at the Rains County Courthouse Annex at 220 West Quitman St. […]
County, TxDot to replace Woodbury Creek bridge
The Rains County Commissioners Court held a regular meeting on Friday, October 9, to pass resolutions on two separate grants, hear monthly reports and approve the agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to rebuild the bridge on CR 1495. […]
Yearly totals for county, local cities remain ahead of 2019
The revenue from the sale of taxable goods in Rains County continues to keep the county and local cities ahead of totals from 2019 as the rest of the state of Texas saw a decline of 2.8 percent in allocations being returned to local taxing entities in October. […]
A 39-year tradition
On Friday, October 16, the doors of the Emory City Centre will open for the Friends of the Library (FOL) Fall Book Sale, a two-day fundraising event that has continued with few interruptions for almost four decades. […]