Soggy Dog Wine and Brew celebrated their grand opening with a Breckenridge Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, Feb. 16.
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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.
On National Signing Day, Feb. 7, Breckenridge High School’s Chloe Whitmire officially signed to attend and play softball at Dallas Christian College.
At a January meeting, the Breckenridge Woman’s Forum donated $832 to the Stephens Memorial Hospital Auxiliary.
The project is a semi-annual procedure to clean the cemetery in preparation for the grass and flower season.
Two winners of the local Elks Club Hoop Shoot held in Breckenridge on Jan. 7 won first place at the Elks Club District Competition in Arlington on Jan. 20 and will now advance to the state championship on Feb. 17-18 in Dallas.
In the race for the District 60 seat in the Texas House of Representatives, the candidates have differing viewpoints on the topic of school vouchers, aka school choice.
Texas House District 60 candidate Mike Olcott writes about his support of school choice, aka vouchers.
Texas House District 60 Representative and candidate Glenn Rogers writes about his opposition to school vouchers, aka school choice.
Stephens County Sheriff’s Office and other law enforcement agencies are investigating the discovery of human remains in the western portion of the county.
Pam Ezzell, a nurse practitioner at Breckenridge Medical Center, was named Employee of the Year for 2023, and Bobby Thompson, director of information technology, was named Director of the Year for 2023 during a Stephens Memorial Hospital ceremony on Jan. 29.
Hunter Dickens says he found his calling in a high school welding class and now he’s studying for a certificate of completion in Welding Technology at Texas State Technical College in Breckenridge.
