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Boil Water Notice: 1851 US Highway 180 E To 3221 US Highway 180 E (South Side Only)

Due to conditions in the water system which have occurred (water line break during construction), the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality hasrequired the system to notify all customers to boil their water prior to consumption. To ensure destruction of all harmful bacteria and other microbes, water for drinking, cooking, and ice making should be boiled for two minutes. In lieu of boiling, you may purchase bottled water or obtain water from some other suitable source.

SMH board adopts proposed budget

When the doors closed on the Aug. 29 meeting of the Stephens County Hospital Board, there was a lot up in the air. They were unable to come to an agreement about what they were going to do about a deficit budget.

A week later on Thursday, Sept. 5, the board met again in a special meeting to talk about the budget. From the first few minutes, the words “miracle” and “positive revenue” were mentioned.

For the full story please see the Sept. 11 edition of the Breckenridge American.

Breckenridge man pleads guilty to sexual assault of two minors, agrees to 50-year sentence

Eric Beauchamp, 29, of Breckenridge, pleaded guilty to the charges involving the sexual assault of two minors and agreed to a 50-year prison sentence last Thursday, Feb. 15, in the 90th Judicial Courtroom at the Stephens County Courthouse, according to a recent press release by the Stephens County Sheriff's Office.

Stephens County Sheriff's Office summary Jan. 29-Feb. 10

Stephens County Sheriff’s Office summary

For the previous two weeks, the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office had 69 calls for service, successfully served 23 civil papers and had 37 inmates in the jail as of Sunday, Feb. 11. Calls for service include 9-1-1 calls, proactive contacts, non-emergency calls, registering sex offenders, serving civil papers, transporting prisoners and juveniles in and out of the county, mental hospital transports, court security and etc.

Monday, Jan. 29

Timely cuts help county ‘weather the storm’

The Stephens County Commissioner’s Court listened to the annual financial report presented by Certified Public Accountant Cameron Gulley during its meeting Monday.

Gulley said the commissioner’s timely actions on a potential revenue downfall in 2017 allowed them to maintain services despite cutting nearly half a million from their 2016 budget.

“The numbers are going to look pretty healthy because you were in front of the curve in cutting costs before the real drop in revenue hit,” Gulley said. “You pretty much have positioned yourself to be able to weather the storm.”