The Texas Army National Guard unit out of Dyess Air Force Base delivered four pallets of bottled water to Stephens County tonight. The water will be handed out Sunday afternoon, Feb. 21, to local residents who are still without drinking water.
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As Texas finally begins to thaw out after this week’s winter storm, some lingering problems remain. The extremely low temperatures resulted in many burst water pipes, and the previous road
Editor’s Note: On the afternoon and evening of Monday, Feb. 15, Breckenridge Texan Publisher Tony Pilkington rode along with Stephens County Judge Michael Roach as he led the local emergency
In response to this week’s winter storm and the ongoing below-freezing temperatures, Stephens County Michael Roach, Breckenridge Mayor Bob Sims and Breckenridge Interim City Manager Heather Robertson-Caraway have declared a local state of disaster beginning at noon on Wednesday, Feb. 17.
UPDATE: After Breckenridge’s electric power was restored Monday afternoon, it was cut off again early this evening, creating another dangerous
Stephens County leaders continued on Saturday, Feb. 13, to prepare for the upcoming winter storm, discussing options in case the county or sections of the county lose electric power.
With much of Texas experiencing extremely cold temperatures and even colder weather forecast for the weekend and into early next week, Stephens County emergency managers are preparing to assist local residents who do not have adequate shelter or heat.
As the calendar changed from 2020 to 2021, several new officials were sworn in at the Stephens County Courthouse. Just
Stephens County continues to see relatively high numbers of active COVID-19 cases, reporting 100 new cases in the past month, not counting the cases at the Walker Sayle prison unit.
In the rapidly changing coronavirus situation, the number of active COVID-19 cases in Stephens County continued to spike this week, reaching 30 by Thursday afternoon when three new positive test results were reported by Stephens Memorial Hospital.
