On Saturday, May 11, about 50 people gathered together in Breckenridge to talk about mental health, offering support and resources to each other.
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Mike and Mary Terry, owners of the MT7 Ranch near Breckenridge, are this year’s recipients of Texas’ highest honor for private land conservation, the Leopold Conservation Award.

Volunteers are needed next Saturday, May 25, to help place American flags on the graves of U.S. Military veterans buried in the Breckenridge Cemetery.

The Breckenridge Fine Arts Center is currently accepting entries for its 32nd annual juried art show, which is scheduled for July 23- Oct. 5.

The jury trial that had been scheduled for next week in the 90th Judicial District Court has been canceled.

On Monday, May 13, Stephens County Commissioners voted 4-1 in favor of amendments to the tax abatement agreement for a wind farm in the southeastern portion of the county.

Four people were hospitalized, including a Breckenridge Police Department sergeant, following a high-speed chase that started Wednesday night in west Shackelford County and ended with a crash in the midst of the construction zone on Breckenridge’s Walker Street.

This morning, Wednesday, May 15, Breckenridge High School students gathered in Bailey Auditorium, along with family, friends, community members and staff and officials from the school district, for the 2024 awards ceremony.

On Monday, May 13, Stephens Memorial Hospital hosted the annual Blessing of the Hands gathering with Rev. Otho Noggle for National Hospital Week.

The Stephens County Frontier Days, hosted by the Breckenridge Chamber of Commerce earlier this month, included many activities over the two-day event, including a bake-off and a car show.

A memorial ceremony honoring fallen correctional officers who made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty was held at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s Walker Sayle Unit on Thursday, May 9.

A public hearing regarding amendments to Stephens County’s tax abatement agreement with La Casa Wind LLC/NextEra Energy Resources is scheduled for 9 a.m. Monday, May 13, in the District Courtroom on the second floor of the Stephens County Courthouse, 200 W. Walker St.

This year’s Bob Drake Memorial Chuckwagon Cook-off at the Stephens County Frontier Days featured six chuckwagons.

The owners of the Bridgeview RV Park and Store, along with the Breckenridge Chamber of Commerce, hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, May 10.

Breckenridge High School is set to embark on a new chapter of community involvement with the establishment of its Interact Club, the high school version of the Rotary Club, assisted by teacher Mandy Farmer.

Mind Matters: Break the Stigma will begin at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at First Methodist Church’s Christian Life Center.

Bryan Allen has submitted his resignation from his position as the superintendent of the Breckenridge Independent School District and has been named as the lone finalist for the Clyde Consolidated Independent School District.

Breckenridge and Stephens County are scheduled for additional repairs/road work by the Texas Department of Transportation with two separate projects beginning this week.

Sixteen-year-old MacKenzie Cloud was crowned as the 2024 Miss Breckenridge at the annual pageant on Saturday afternoon, May 4, during Stephens County Frontier Days.