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.
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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.
The Thanksgiving holiday will affect a couple of days’ trash service in the City of Breckenridge, according to information provided by the City.
Last week, when Breckenridge Rotary Club members Les and Sherry Strickland showed up at South Elementary to hand out dictionaries to the school’s third graders, they found a very enthusiastic audience.
The artwork of local artists will be on exhibit at the Breckenridge Fine Arts Center’s inaugural Local Artists’ Winter Exhibit on display from Saturday, Nov. 20, through January.
Downtown Breckenridge will be bustling with holiday spirit Friday evening as the Breckenridge Chamber of Commerce hosts the annual Christmas tree lighting and the Mingle and Jingle shopping event.
At this month’s regular school board meeting on Nov. 8, the Breckenridge Independent School District honored the Students of the Month and the Teacher of the Month.
The Stephens County Jail’s Inmate List went online last week, providing the community with up-to-date information about those who are in the local jail.
Local students and organizations gathered at the Breckenridge ISD Athletics and Fine Arts Facility on Thursday, Nov. 11, to honor local U.S. military veterans.
Stephens Memorial Hospital will recognize National Rural Health Day 2021 on Thursday, Nov. 18.
The Breckenridge Buckaroos had momentum heading into their Bi-District match-up with the Whitesboro Bearcats Friday evening in Fort Worth, but their run in the Class 3A Division I playoffs was a short one as they were defeated by the Bearcats 56-14.
Students and fans were on hand at last night’s bonfire and pep rally to cheer on the Buckaroos Varsity Football team as they prepare to head to the Bi-District playoff game against the Whitesboro Bearcats.
Longtime Breckenridge resident Jean Hayworth was honored recently as the first recipient of the Historical Preservation Award, presented by the Lee’s Legion Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
