Effective Monday, Dec. 6, the City of Breckenridge has rescinded a boil water notice that was issued last week.
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The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Monday that claims Texas’ recent redistricting discriminates against voters of color by denying Latino and Black voters equal opportunities to participate in the voting process and elect their preferred candidates.
Candidate filing for seven Stephens County offices is open and underway, and all of the incumbents have filed for re-election in the primary election, scheduled for March 1, 2022.
Christmas is 20 days away, and downtown Breckenridge is decked out with lots of lights and other holiday decorations.
Breckenridge’s East Elementary School will have its Scholastic Book Fair this coming week, Dec. 6-10.east
Texas State Representative Glenn Rogers, District 60, was in Breckenridge on Thursday, Dec. 2, for several meetings with his Stephens County constituents.
The seventh annual Wags & Whiskers 5K and Furry Fun Run is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 11, in the Breckenridge City Park, 601 E. Walker St.
The Breckenridge Texan is once again participating in the international fundraising campaign NewsMatch, which will double the amount of donations that we receive through Dec. 31.
Area law enforcement agencies are on the lookout for a man allegedly impersonating an officer after he reportedly stopped a woman on a dark, rural road in western Young County earlier this month.
At their regular meeting last week, the Stephens County Commissioners voted to make the necessary changes in the election software to accommodate for the recent changes caused by redistricting.
The City of Breckenridge’s Public Works Director has declared a Boil Water Notice effective Sunday, November 28, 2021, for several blocks in the south-central portion of the city.
The Breckenridge High School team of Liberty Vandergriff, Aimee Toliver, Rylan Sims and Kason Knight earned the first place award in the 2021 Texas Midwest Community Network’s annual Leadership TMCN program contest.
Now that the playoff season is complete for the teams in District 3-3A-Division I, the All-District teams have been announced for varsity football and volleyball.
The band Shine is scheduled to come back to Breckenridge to help celebrate Christmas and to say goodbye to 2021 with a concert at the National Theatre on Saturday, Dec. 11.
South Elementary students were joined by teachers, parents and others for the annual Turkey Trot run on Friday morning, the last day of school before the Thanksgiving holiday break.
Breckenridge’s VFW Post 7767 will host a Thanksgiving lunch for community members on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 25.
On Friday evening, the Breckenridge Chamber of Commerce hosted the annual Mingle & Jingle shopping event and the lighting of the City of Breckenridge’s community Christmas tree lighting ceremony, and on Wednesday, Dec. 8, the Chamber will sponsor a lighted Christmas parade through downtown.
The Breckenridge Rotary Club will host a blood drive with Carter BloodCare from noon to 4:45 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 2, in the First National Bank Community Room.
Darin Johns, a 1986 Breckenridge High School graduate, was killed in a school bus wreck on Friday, Nov. 19.
