When school starts in Breckenridge next week, students will have some new rules to follow regarding cell phones and other personal electronic devices.
- UPDATE: Local fireworks show canceled Breckenridge and Stephens County Fire Marshal Calvin Chaney announced Tuesday evening that the Salute in the Salt Flats fireworks show has been canceled because the organizers do not have a...
- Fireworks banned in Stephens County following disaster declaration UPDATE: The Salute in the Salt Flats fireworks show has been canceled due to a lack of a permit, according to Breckenridge and Stephens County Fire Marshal Calvin Chaney. For...
- UPDATE: Emergency crews respond to house fire this afternoon The Breckenridge Fire Department battled a house fire in the 500 block of South Miller Street this afternoon (Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017). Fire Chief Calvin Chaney said they received a...
- Breckenridge groups to help with relief efforts UPDATE: We’ve added a couple of items at the end of this story, including one local fundraiser and another donation drop-off location. Several groups in Breckenridge are pitching in to...
Breckenridge Independent School District students will return to the classrooms next week for the 2025-26 school year, and there are several upcoming related events starting this week.
The National Theatre and Friends of Historic Breckenridge will host the fourth annual Performance Series and have recently announced the lineup for this year’s shows.
The 90th Judicial District Attorney’s Office has announced the lists of cases that were pleaded in May and June 2025.
Two local artists have collaborated to create a Christmas ornament to raise funds for the Breckenridge Fine Arts Center.
Beginning Wednesday, July 30, (weather permitting), a Texas Department of Transportation contractor, Wagner & Co., will begin the district-wide application of sealcoat to state roadways throughout the Brownwood District, which includes Stephens County, according to a news release from TxDOT.
With a weather forecast showing high temperatures at 100 degrees or higher for the next week or two, the Stephens County Commissioners voted in a special meeting this morning, July 21, to put a burn ban in place for the county.
An online fundraiser has been organized to benefit a Breckenridge woman, Miranda Mathias and her family during an ongoing medical crisis.
A group of kids and a few helpful adults worked last week to refurbish the painted rock garden that was created four years ago at the Breckenridge Fine Arts Center.
The Breckenridge Economic Development Corporation and Texas State Technical College are teaming up to bring a new CNC machining (Computer Numerical Control machining) program to Breckenridge.





