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. […]
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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. […]
County purchases new haul truck
The Rains County Commissioners Court approved the purchase of a new haul truck for the Road and Bridge Department during a special meeting on Thursday, February 20. […]
County roads suffer heavy damage
Rains County roads suffered heavy damages during the recent rains. A total of 3.52 inches of rains was recorded Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, February 10-12. A bridge on County Road 3160 crossing Magee’s Creek was closed after most of its support was washed away during the rains. County Judge Wayne Wolfe said he and commissioners Mike Willis and Mike Godwin went out to the site and surveyed the damage. Wolfe said that the county has not determined what the next course of action will be. […]
School board trustees learn property values are too low
Trustees learned that the state expected higher appraisal values for the county, renewed contracts of administrators, learned about activities at the Rains Intermediate campus and more during the regular meeting of the Rains ISD Board on Monday, February 10. […]
State Comptroller advises local CAD to raise property values
During the Rains ISD School Board meeting on Monday, February 10, Assistant Superintendent of Finance Jeff Fisher informed trustees that the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Property Tax Assistance Division (PTAD) had determined that the appraised value on properties in Rains County were too low again which would lead to a cut in funding for the school district from the state of Texas. […]