The Stephens County AgriLife Extension office has a busy spring planned with activities ranging from a program on exercise for healthy aging to a car seat safety day.
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The Breckenridge Woman’s Forum met last week and learned about Frontier Texas in Abilene, as well as about the significance of family history.

A story published Wednesday, in the Texas Tribune — Greg Abbott, Tim Dunn spend millions in Texas GOP primary fights over vouchers, impeachment — once again highlights just how big the story about the race for the House District 60 State Representative seat in Stephens, Palo Pinto and Parker counties has become.

Local turnout has been slow in Early Voting in the 2024 Primary Election, according to local election officials.

As Early Voting in the Republican and Democratic primaries continues this week, ahead of Election Day on March 5, several area residents have submitted letters to the editor about the race for the Texas House of Representatives District 60 seat.

The police department and sheriff’s office will continue operating as separate entities in Breckenridge and Stephens County after a public hearing ended in a unanimous vote by the City Commissioners to go on maintaining their own law enforcement agency and to proceed with a search for a new police chief.

Breckenridge’s National Theatre will present the next artist in its performance series, as well as a free movie, in March.

The 90th Judicial District Attorney’s Office’s recently released the list of cases that were pleaded in November and January.

The Rotary Club of Breckenridge and Carter BloodCare will host a blood drive from noon to 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 7, at Texas State Technical College, 307 N. Breckenridge Ave.

Residents must have brush that they would like to be hauled off at the curb between Friday, March 15, and Sunday, March 17.

Soggy Dog Wine and Brew celebrated their grand opening with a Breckenridge Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, Feb. 16.

Stephens County residents will begin heading to the polls today for the Democratic and Republican Primary Elections, with Early Voting taking place this week and next week in the Stephens County Courthouse lobby.

Texas State Technical College will provide training for anyone interested in being a fiber optics installer at the four West Texas campuses beginning in March.

Many people in the Breckenridge community are reeling from yesterday’s death of Shalon Taylor Wilson, the director of the Breckenridge Fine Arts Center.

The City of Breckenridge is the only local governing board that will have a contested election in May.

The Breckenridge Independent School District honored the Students, Support Staff and Teachers of the Month at the Feb. 12 school board meeting.

The City of Breckenridge is researching the possibility of combining local law enforcement services with the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office, but County officials and at least one City Commissioner aren’t necessarily on board with the idea.

With the UIL’s recent realignment of high school sports districts, Breckenridge High School will be facing some new opponents in the upcoming fall sports season.

Breckenridge’s National Theatre will present “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17. The movie will be free for attendees.