News

Two cornerstone institutions in our beloved communities from the Jim Crow era and beyond are the Prairie Grove Missionary Baptist Church (celebrating 142 years of existence) and the Sand Flat School (a Rosenwald school). […]

Good Samaritans March Schedule; Point Library Reopens; ET Expo Vendors Needed; FBC Yantis 150 Year Celebration; FOL Holds Book Sale; Rains Co. Business Expo Needs Vendors; Vendor Signups For Founders Day […]

Emory Volunteer Firemen Carlton Goldsmith, Craig Taylor, and Mikey Frey and Point Volunteer Firemen Dakota and Todd Saunders unload six pallets of drinking water from a Chinook helicopter Monday evening. […]

Lake Fork looked more suited for ice-fishing huts than boat houses on Wednesday, February 17, as portions of Lakes Fork and Tawakoni froze over with temperatures plunged to -4 degrees. […]

A request from Rains County Emergency Management asks the county’s citizens to report any damages sustained during last week’s winter storm. […]

Rains County as well as Emory and Point continue to see an increase in revenue from the sale of taxable goods being returned from the office of Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar in February compared to last year. […]

Stephanie Mornes-Thomas was raised in Emory, where she graduated from Rains High School in 1982. Soul food is something a hometown girl like Stephanie knows a lot about. […]

Members of the Emory VFD help pull a vehicle from a ditch on Wednesday morning, February 17. The vehicle was one of six the department pulled from ditches during the recent weather event in Rains County. […]