January 13, 2022
Good Sam Clothes/Thrift Shop Sales; Am. Legion Dinner Saturday […]
Rains County
Court fills seats, implements employee referral program
The Rains County Commissioners Court filled seats on the advisory board of the Rains County Library, updated policy for employees and tabled the lease renewal for the Rose Community Center during the last meeting of the year on Thursday, December 23. […]
Champions, Change & Chills: A look back at 2021
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. […]
Bridge out!
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. […]
Rains County AgriLife welcomes new member
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. […]
County, cities see increase in returns in December
Local sales during October scared up positive numbers for Rains County and the local municipalities and led to an increase in the amount of money being returned in December compared to last year. […]
Fog shrouds county
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. […]
Court passes resolution, interlocal agreement
The Rains County Commissioners held a regular meeting on Thursday, December 9, and approved an interlocal agreement with East Tawakoni, passed a resolution and heard monthly reports. […]
Names of candidates seeking place on ballot released
Rains County Republican Chairperson Kristi Ratliff recently released the names of candidates seeking county office in the upcoming Republican primary to be held in March. Ratliff said the names reflect those candidates whose filings were received before the deadline on December 13. […]
LFA begins five-fish limit
It was cold all week and tournament day was supposed to be in the mid 70’s. It actually broke a record from 1905 and 2020 at 81 and it may have helped the fishing some, but out of all those fishing, there were only four limits caught. We had pretty strong northwesterly winds which didn’t help. […]