The community-wide 2024 Breckenridge High School Homecoming events kicked off Wednesday evening with a parade and bonfire. Activities will continue today with a pep rally at noon and the football game at 7 p.m.
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The Breckenridge Fine Arts Center will host a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, for the artists featured 2024 Juried Art Show.
At a special noon school board meeting today, Monday, Sept. 23, Prairie Freeman was named as the lone finalist for the Breckenridge Independent School District’s superintendent position.
Jeannine Herrington was joined by family, friends and Breckenridge Chamber of Commerce members on Friday afternoon for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Studio 110, located at 110 Sunset Boulevard.
This year’s National Night Out event, hosted by the City of Breckenridge and the Breckenridge Police Department, will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, at the Stephens County Law Enforcement Center, 210 E. Dyer St.
The Stephens Memorial Hospital Auxiliary thanks all the sponsors and donors for their support of the organization’s Bunco Night Fundraiser.
The Breckenridge Buckaroos varsity football team will head into next week’s Homecoming game still looking for their first win of the season, following Friday night’s shutout in Eastland.
Several local residents attended public meeting hosted by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) on Tuesday evening, Sept. 17, to address concerns about an air quality permit application by GCC Sun City Materials LLC for a temporary concrete batch plant in southeastern Stephens County.
This year’s Homecoming theme is “Deep in the Heart of Breckenridge.”
The Stephens County Commissioners Court held a public hearing and meeting Monday morning, Sept. 16, to discuss the fiscal year 2025 budget, 2024 tax rate and the status of the county’s burn ban.
The staff of Amusement Today and friends within the amusement industry collaborated on honoring the publication’s publisher, Gary Slade, with
Novice or young hunters, ages 9 years and above, will have an opportunity on Saturday, Sept. 21, to qualify for a Texas Hunter Education certification card at a Hunter Education Classroom and Field Course.
Kari Anderson is the winner of the Blackstone propane-fueled griddle.
A group of East Elementary students and their families participated in a “car show” and “drive-in movie” night at the school last week.
Although the Buckaroos showed signs of improvement Friday night, ultimately it was the Loboes who walked away with a 30-20 win in Cisco.
Miss Breckenridge 2024 MacKenzie Cloud presented a donation to Cafe Love on Tuesday morning.
At their meeting on Monday, Sept. 9, Stephens County commissioners voted to lift a countywide burn ban.
On Sept. 5, Kathy O’Shields, president of the Stephens County Humane Society; Cynthia Northrop, Breckenridge city manager; most of the Breckenridge City Commission; and the Stephens County Commissioners Court, met in a workshop for more than two hours to discuss some of the options for resolving the problems the community is facing.
When it comes to animal control in rural Stephens County, the problems are different than the animal issues inside the city limits and calls are handled differently than they are in the city.
