Breckenridge

The Daughters of the American Revolution announced their Good Citizens Award for a few local high schools, according to an announcement from the DAR.

Lisa Echols of Lee’s Legion Chapter announced the winners, who were recognized in the DAR’s Jan. 9 meeting. One of the winners was from Breckenridge High School.

To read the full list of winners, as well as see what they received, check out the Jan. 16 edition of the Breckenridge American.

At the Breckenridge City Commissioners meeting on Jan. 2, the commissioners passed an item that would allow up to $50,000 to be spent on remedying the potholes around Breckenridge.

The city is getting the $50,000 from their budget for street maintenance, which comes from a quarter-cent sales tax.

The Stephens County Commissioners’ Court met for the first time this year in a lengthy meeting that aimed to take care of business and procedures that will impact the year. Some of this business included a presentation from a healthcare company that helps the county with inmate healthcare, a discussion of burn bans, as well as budgeting discussions.

County Judge Michael Roach led the meeting, in his first one as the new county judge. Commissioner Mark McCullough for precinct two and Eric O’Dell for precinct four also were part of the meeting for the first time.

The Stephens County Commissioners Court met Wednesday for the last time in 2018, and took action on a variety of items to prepare for the next year. This included setting the holiday schedule and approving several surety bonds for a few of the commissioners.

The project that calls for townhouses to be developed on a rezoned Elliott and Wheeler Street has been called off after almost two months of meetings and opposition.

Cancelled plans

Virgil Moore, executive director of the Breckenridge Economic Development Corporation, said developer David Stowe spoke with him on Tuesday, Dec. 11, and said he no longer wished to pursue the development project.

Stowe concurred saying the opposition was the primary motive for changing his mind.

The city of Breckenridge and Stephens County will be under a winter weather watch from Thursday afternoon until Friday morning. The report calls for a high chance of precipitation and dropping temperatures, according to a national service warning.

Texas State Technical College had almost 150 graduates in this semester’s class, and 19 of them were from Breckenridge’s campus.

TSTC held their graduation ceremony Monday night in Abilene, and had Julian Alvarez III, the Texas workforce commissioner representing labor, give the commencement speech. The students who graduated from Breckenridge are as followed:

Often times law enforcement and first responders run into situations they may not be wholly trained for. Many times calls come in about an individual acting odd, or just walking about with no real direction. When these calls come in, departments must respond to find out if the individual is alright.

Chief Deputy Kevin Roach has run into this issue before; so through some checking and informational classes in Young County, he along with the sheriff's department and the blessing of Sheriff Holt, they have decided to start the “The Take Me Home” program.