Rains County News

By KENNETH DEAN Staff Writer The man, who some say is the best fire captain in the city's history, began his career with the Tyler Fire Department 31 years ago with a house fire on his first day.

Dickerson was the only officer on duty on March 1, 2008, when the call came into the Rains County sheriff's office just after four-thirty in the morning that there had been a shooting at the Caffey residence.

A federal bankruptcy judge Tuesday blocked American Housing Foundation and others from collecting any money from life insurance policies covering founder Steve Sterquell.

For both proponents and opponents of local alcohol sales, there is plenty of statistical material around to support their views.

Seven years after a North Texas father died, authorities exhumed his body Tuesday in an effort to find the truth behind his death.

However, outdoor burning in other counties should be done with extreme caution. Grass fires popped up in several East Texas counties on Thursday, including Hopkins, Cass, Upshur, Henderson, Nacogdoches and Angelina counties.

Please be very careful as grass is dry. Always check with your county before outdoor burning just to be safe.

Galen Scott gscott@weatherforddemocrat.com The second man wanted in connection with a 2007 kidnapping and attempted bank robbery in Springtown was recently apprehended by authorities.

In the biblical story of Job, Satan tested a good man's convictions. He killed his family, destroyed his home and inflicted emotional misery.

Terry Caffey drifted in and out of consciousness after surgery to remove bullets in his back and head, but he remembers one thing clearly - when a relative said his daughter, Erin, was alive and on the way to ...

Deputies in Hunt County arrested a former police officer on felony burglary charges Monday, calling him the leader of a major theft ring involving burglaries of storage facilities.

An East Texas teen has been sentenced to two life prison terms plus 25 years for her role in the murders of three members of her family.

In Rains county Friday, Erin Caffey and Bobbie Johnson plead guilty to killing Caffey's mother and her two brothers this past March, then burning their house down.

By COSHANDRA DILLARD Staff Writer EMORY -- Alba teen Erin Caffey, 17, received two life sentences and an additional 25 years for her role in the murders of her mother and two young brothers Friday in a Rains ...

If there were uneasy feelings between the city of Grand Saline and the Van Zandt/Rains Alternative Education Program Cooperative, those feelings likely improved after Tuesday's city council meeting.

Providers for the area's Meals on Wheels senior citizen nutrition program are facing a funding shortfall this year.

The capital murder trial of a Rains County teen allegedly involved in the deaths of her mother and two young brothers has been moved to Hopkins County, officials said Thursday.