The area this week

Gas update
Gasoline prices has fallen more than 3.5 cents this past week, as of Oct. 22, in Texas, according to GasBuddy. This brings the average price to $2.61 per gallon in Texas. This compares with the 4.7 cent decrease nationally, bringing national gas prices to $2.83 per gallon on average. Gas prices in Texas are 36.3 cents higher than they were this time last year, and 1.3 cents higher than this time last month. Nationally, prices are almost 40 cents higher than this time last year, but have fallen by 1.6 cents since last month.

Stephens County Commissioners Court meets
The Stephens County Commissioners Court met Monday and passed usual business. One of the items discussed involved their employee policy regarding sending non-elected employees to school. According to the court, they have had an issue with sending individuals to school and training, but then have had those employees leave after the training is complete. The court tabled the item to get clarification on the wording, but are going to discuss further how to make sure they are being reimbursed by employees who do leave before they give what the county feels is an adequate amount of time. Other items included treasury reports, and a program from their Texas Department of Information Resources Global Interlocal Contract, which will offer a free evaluation to the court.

Bucks play Early Longhorns tonight
Tonight, the Breckenridge Buckaroos will play the Early Longhorns in Early, Texas. The Bucks currently sit at 2-5, while the Longhorns are 4-3. Both teams sit at 0-2 in district play. This game follows the Bucks loss to Eastland last week, which was a 44-41 shootout that came down to a last second field goal by the Mavericks. The game tonight will kick off at 7:30. Weather is not expected to be a factor.

Early voting
This week concludes the first of two weeks of early voting leading up to the midterm election on Nov. 6. Counties all over Texas are reporting record number of first day and week voting for a midterm. If you are going to be out of your designated county during voting, today is the last day to request an absentee ballot. To find our your voting locations, visit the VoteTexas website. Check back in with the Breckenridge American for updates on this voting cycle.

Volleyball season ends
The Lady Bucks volleyball season came to an end this week as they did not qualify for the playoffs. According to MaxPreps, the team finished 4-17 overall and 1-10 in district. With the season over, the girls athletics will look to shift to the upcoming basketball season, which will have two scrimmages over the course of the next few days (Saturday and Monday). The Breckenridge American will have a piece in next weeks paper detailing the Lady Bucks season, and will also look to prep for the upcoming basketball season.