With campfires burning and wagons and tents, the signature event of the 2025 Stephens County Frontier Days, the Bob Drake Memorial Chuckwagon Cook-off Clear Fork Championship, took center stage Saturday morning, May 3, in the Breckenridge City Park.
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- 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...
Kayla Wood of Breckenridge was named the winner of the 2025 Breck’s Got Talent competition Saturday evening, May 3, wrapping up two days of activities at the annual Stephens County Frontier Days event in the city park.
Grace Raymond was crowned the 2025 Miss Breckenridge at the pageant Saturday, May 3, during the annual Frontier Days event at the Breckenridge City Park.
After Saturday’s election, the Breckenridge City Commission will have two new commissioners, and the Stephens Memorial Hospital District Board of Trustees will remain the same as it has been.
Local man arrested on charges of conspiracy to commit capital murder for hire, federal gun violation
A Stephens County man was taken into custody Friday afternoon, May 2, on FM 576 southeast of Breckenridge, on charges related to conspiracy to commit capital murder.
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has provided updates on two major road construction projects in Breckenridge in an email received by Stephens County Judge Michael Roach on April 28, 2025.
The Picketville Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas honored two citizens of the early Texas Republic with a medallion memorial service Sunday, April 27, at Breckenridge Cemetery.
The annual Stephens County Arena Ranch Rodeo will return to Breckenridge for a three-day event Friday through Sunday, May 2-4.
Breckenridge High School Theatre Department will present its 2025 One Act Play, “The Cover of Life” by R.T. Robinson, for the Breckenridge community at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 4, in Bailey Auditorium, 500 W. Lindsey St.
Local children and their families learned about bicycle and water safety at the Summer Safety Event, hosted by the Texas A&M Agrilife Extension and the Texas Department of Health and Human Services, on Friday, April 25.
