Rains County

Emory Volunteer Firemen Carlton Goldsmith, Craig Taylor, and Mikey Frey and Point Volunteer Firemen Dakota and Todd Saunders unload six pallets of drinking water from a Chinook helicopter Monday evening. […]

Lake Fork looked more suited for ice-fishing huts than boat houses on Wednesday, February 17, as portions of Lakes Fork and Tawakoni froze over with temperatures plunged to -4 degrees. […]

A request from Rains County Emergency Management asks the county’s citizens to report any damages sustained during last week’s winter storm. […]

Rains County as well as Emory and Point continue to see an increase in revenue from the sale of taxable goods being returned from the office of Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar in February compared to last year. […]

Stephanie Mornes-Thomas was raised in Emory, where she graduated from Rains High School in 1982. Soul food is something a hometown girl like Stephanie knows a lot about. […]

Members of the Emory VFD help pull a vehicle from a ditch on Wednesday morning, February 17. The vehicle was one of six the department pulled from ditches during the recent weather event in Rains County. […]

Brandon Roberts, Financial Advisor at Edward Jones, of Emory and his children, Camden and Axel, pose beside the igloo they built during the recent winter storm. It took about 8-10 hours over two days to build. […]

The Kirby children with their softball-themed snowman are (l-r): Kinsler, Stryker, Greenlee, Oaklee and Radlee Kirby. They are the children of Kyle and Cecily Kirby of Rains County. […]

Robert “Beto” O’Rourke speaks with Marvin Henson about water shortage in the county at the Rains County Courthouse on Monday, February 22. […]