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. […]
Rains County
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. […]
The history of Prairie Grove Missionary Baptist Church
The Prairie Grove Missionary Baptist Church was organized in 1879 in Rains County. It is believed to be the first African-American church in the county, located about 3.5 miles northwest of a little town called Simon Villa. […]
Special Olympics set for March 6
That oath will be recited by more than 160 Special Olympic athletes from eight neighboring school districts on Friday, March 6, to compete in the Rains ISD 13th annual Special Olympics track and field meet. The parade of athletes, led by a Rains ISD delegation, will march into the stadium at 9:30 a.m. to music played by the Rains Wildcat Band. […]
Early voting continues for March 3 primaries
After a week of early voting, 603 residents of Rains County have cast ballots in the March 3 primary. […]
Cleanup continues, business reopens
Big Daddy’s convenience store on Hwy. 276 in East Tawakoni has reopened over one week after a gasoline leak was discovered near the in-ground fuel tanks on Sunday, February 16. […]