Community members are invited to walk, run, lunge, jump, crawl and roll for a cause during the upcoming Impossible Mile Fundraiser. The event, which benefits local seniors through Meals on Wheels, is scheduled for Saturday, May 9.
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On the last day of April, which was Child Abuse Awareness Month, members of the Stephens County Child Welfare Board and others gathered in the courthouse for a candlelight vigil, honoring the local children who are in foster care or other parts of the legal system due to abuse or neglect.
The Stephens County Commissioners Court accepted the resignation of Constable Brian McBride on Monday, May 4, and moved to appoint Justin Shockley to fill the remainder of the term. McBride’s term expires on Dec. 31.
After the election on Saturday, May 2, Breckenridge will soon have a new mayor and one new city commissioner, but the rest of the city commission and the local school board will remain the same.
Sparks were flying as high school welding students from across the region, including Breckenridge High School, demonstrated their skills in a bench-building contest last week in the parking lot at Texas State Technical College.
Election Day for the Breckenridge City Commission and Breckenridge school board, as well as the Fort Griffin Special Utility District board will be Saturday, May 2.
Breckenridge will offer plenty to do this weekend with the annual Stephens County Frontier Days scheduled for today and Saturday, May 1-2, and the Stephens County Ranch Rodeo planned for May 1-3.
City of Breckenridge employees are at the site of a recent sewage discharge into Gunsolus Creek today, working under a TCEQ plan to clean up the sludge that has settled to the bottom of the creek following last week’s discharge.
Breckenridge City Manager Cynthia Northrop has been named as one of the three finalists for the City of Marshall’s city manager position.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has launched an investigation into the discharge of partially treated sewage from the City of Breckenridge Wastewater Treatment Plant into Gunsolus Creek on Friday night, April 24, but the safety of the water in the area has not been confirmed by any of the agencies that typically handle such situations.
A clog at the City of Breckenridge’s wastewater treatment plant has led to a discharge of partially treated sewage into Gunsolus Creek just north of Breckenridge.
The exhibit, which is free and open to the public, will remain at the Ranger College Main Campus located at 1240 College Circle through about 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 26, and will come through Breckenridge Sunday evening, stopping briefly.
Will Thompson was sworn in as the Stephens County Judge on Thursday morning, April 23, by District Judge Phillip Gregory in the District Courtroom in the Stephens County Courthouse.
The Breckenridge Craft Guild will host its annual Spring Extravaganza Craft Show from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 25.
The Stephens County Sheriff’s Office and the Office of Emergency Management are implementing plans in response to the temporary closure of the Hubbard Creek Lake Bridge on U.S. Highway 180 by the Texas Department of Transportation next week.
Breckenridge Independent School District honored the Students and Staff of the Month, at the Board of Trustees meeting on Monday, April 13, at the BISD administration office.
Local registered voters will have a chance to elect their government representatives for the school district, city commission and Fort Griffin Special Utility District, beginning with Early Voting this week and wrapping up with Election Day on May 2.
On Tuesday, April 14, 2026, a crowd gathered on the courthouse lawn in Breckenridge as Stephens County became the 37th Texas county to install a bronze replica of Travis’ “Victory or Death” letter dispatched from the Alamo in 1836. The ceremony also celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Stephens County courthouse, which was built in 1926.
For the first time, students in the Welding program at the TSTC Breckenridge campus earned medals during the SkillsUSA Texas Postsecondary Leadership and Skills Conference held earlier this month.
