Rains County

Driving by Lake Fork, passersby can easily tell that the water level appears much lower than it has in recent years. Lake Fork sits at 403 feet when it’s at full pool. As of Wednesday, January 12, it measures at 396.88 feet, 6.12 feet below full pool. […]

On Saturday, January, 15, 2022 at 12:00 p.m., the landmark two-mile bridge will be officially dedicated to Staff Sgt. Shawn Henry McNabb in honor of the United States soldier whose life was lost in Afghanistan. […]

Good Sam Clothes/Thrift Shop Sales; Am. Legion Dinner Saturday […]

The year of 2021 saw many personnel changes in local and county government, opening of new businesses, the Rains Lady Cat softball team repeating as state champions and a snowstorm for the ages. […]

A pile of rocks and twisted steel is all that remains of one of the bridges on FM 275 north of Emory. Demolition of the bridge began on November 17, 2021. When completed, the new bridge will be wider and the roadway rehabilitated. […]

For those of you that I have not had the pleasure of meeting yet, I am Allison Morrow, and I will be serving Rains County as the Assistant Ag/Natural Resource and 4H agent alongside Stephen and Sarah. […]

Rains County Deputy Jamie Beck cautions a truck driver to slow down on Tuesday morning, December 21. A heavy blanket of fog rolled into the area reducing visibility to less than 200 feet in some parts of the county. The dense fog caused a two-vehicle accident on U.S. Hwy. 69 south, approximately one mile north of the Alba city limits. […]