The weather in Breckenridge didn’t really make a good impression when Greg and Stacy Akers moved to town earlier this year, but they’ve decided to stay anyway and started work last week on the first of two new houses to be built in the 400 block of Ridge Road.
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The Breckenridge Library will bridge the gap between two continents next month when it hosts an African Safari Program by Elizabeth Kahura on Wednesday, Aug. 11, at 11 am.
A Hunter Education classroom course will be offered in Breckenridge from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 31, at First Baptist Church, 301 S. Rose, and there are two seats available, as of the morning of Thursday, July 22.
The 2021 Buckaroo Football Camp for students in first through ninth grades is scheduled for next week at Buckaroo Stadium.
The Breckenridge City Commission approved the hiring of Erika McComis, currently the assistant town administrator of Argyle, as the new Breckenridge City Manager in a special meeting Tuesday evening, July 20.
A Breckenridge man is in the Stephens County Jail on a $250,000 bond after crashing a pickup truck, which he allegedly stole Sunday evening, July 18, in an attempt to evade arrest for a sexual assault he had reportedly committed a few minutes earlier.
Stephens Memorial Hospital is in the middle of three major upgrades, according to a news release from the hospital.
Two Breckenridge FFA students placed in Team Roping at the Texas FFA Rodeo, held in conjunction with the Texas FFA State Convention in Alvarado earlier this month.
Last weekend, the band Shine performed a concert in Breckenridge as the National Theatre hosted its first public concert since closing last year due to COVID-19 restrictions.
The First Baptist Church of Breckenridge will sponsor two upcoming events for the community.
The Breckenridge Fine Arts Center’s 30th annual Juried Art Show is on display through Aug. 28 in both galleries and features a variety of paintings, drawings, sculpture and fiber art.
When the 87th Texas Legislative Session began in January, it was predicted the session would look dramatically different than any in Texas history.
Beginning Monday, July 19, drivers can expect to encounter lane closures and traffic shifts on U.S. Highway 183 North as a project gets underway to remove and replace the road surface along with several culverts, curb and gutters, sidewalks, and drive ways.
One topic at the Breckenridge City Commission’s regular meeting last week had those in attendance smiling and even chuckling out loud: goats.
Trinity Baptist Church, known as “The Lighthouse on the Hillside,” now has an actual lighthouse on the hillside north of Breckenridge after a large lawn lighthouse was installed in front of the church this week.
Surrounded by brightly colored metal décor, Diane and Bernardo Becerra, along with family, friends and members of the Breckenridge Chamber of Commerce, hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for their new business, Cactus Chic, located at 918 E. Walker.
The National Theatre is bringing the bluegrass band Shine back to Breckenridge for a concert on Saturday, July 10.
Breckenridge Girl Scouts have been out in the community this week, delivering donated cookies to Hometown Heroes.
The first day of school for Breckenridge Independent School District students is slated for Wednesday, Aug. 18, and the district is now accepting student registrations and has released the school supplies lists for the new school year.
