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.” […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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 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 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. […]
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. […]
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