Rains Garden Club March meeting
The Rains Garden Club held its regular monthly meeting on March 2, at the Emory United Methodist Church. There were 15 members present, including new members, Carol Boykin and Sue Parrish. […]
Rains County
Judge releases COVID-19 statement
Rains County Judge Wayne Wolfe released a statement Monday afternoon, March 23, regarding the COVID-19 pandemic that is gripping our nation. […]
Free books… can you imagine?
The Dolly Parton Imagination Library (DPIL) comes to Rains County with free books for children from birth to five years of age. Pat Baier and Lyn Baldwin chose to spearhead the program because it is offered to all Rains County children so they can “Learn to read to read to learn.” […]
Numerous vehicles burglarized
The Rains County Sheriff’s Office, along with the East Tawakoni Police Department, Emory Police Department, and Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office, have worked together on a number of burglaries of motor vehicles that have occurred in January and March. At the time of this report, one female and seven males have been identified as having taken part in the burglaries. […]
Rebates continue to outpace previous year
Rains County will get back a little over $52,000 while the City of Emory will receive just over $96,000 in local sales tax allocations from the office of Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar in March. […]
Road repairs continue, bridge on 3160 open
The Rains County Commissioners Court met with only three members to hear monthly reports, approve a re-plat and accept CEU’s into records on Thursday, March 12, in the courtroom of the Rains County Courthouse. […]
Young, Traylor win races; Cook, Marshall, headed to runoff
Precinct 3 in Rains County will have a new commissioner, the precinct 1 race will be decided in a run-off, and David Traylor was re-elected as sheriff for another four years as the results of the Republican Primary election on March 3. […]
Head-on collision leaves one dead, sends two to hospital
A two-vehicle, head-on collision killed one and sent two to hospitals resulting in the closure of Hwy. 69 between Emory and Point for two hours during heavy rains on Wednesday morning, March 4. […]
Flood-damaged roads top $277K
Commissioners were updated on county roads damaged by recent weather events during the regular meeting on Thursday, February 27, in the Rains County Courthouse. […]
Voters to decide local races today
Voters in the state of Texas will vote today in the March 3 primary with Rains County residents deciding local contested races of sheriff, county commissioner for precinct 1, and county commissioner for precinct 3 in the Republican Primary. […]