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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed House Bill 1927 Thursday into law, allowing permitless carrying of handguns, along with signing six other Second Amendment-related bills. The state is now the 21st to allow the lawful carry of a handgun, concealed or openly, without a license.

The Texas Senate and House of Representatives approved House Bill 1927 in the 87 Legislative Session. The bill was approved by the House Sunday, May 23, and approved by the Senate Monday, May 24, and sent to Gov. Abbott’s office to sign off making it a state law.

Rustic Charm Trading Co. recently celebrated its 10-year anniversary of doing business in Breckenridge. Throughout the years, the store has had to re-purpose or re-invent itself more than once.

Stephanie (Wylie) Asher and her father, Steve Wylie, began this enterprise with rustic items that caught their eye. They were joined by her mother on these scavenging trips on her days off from her job as a nurse at Eastland Memorial Hospital.

The Breckenridge ISD school board met Monday, June 14 in a regular meeting to discuss the construction and repurposing of existing district facilities. They also heard presentations from the appraisal district and the chief learning officer and had an update from the athletic director.

The National Theatre is ready to open its doors for a lively concert this summer, after canceling the 2020 schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Shine” returns to the National Theatre in Breckenridge Saturday, July 10. Doors open at 6 p.m., with the show starting at 7 p.m. The quartet, covering Bluegrass, Country, Swing and Jazz with instrumentals and smooth vocal harmonies, will play music many may recognize.

Photo by Tony Pilkington, Breckenridge Texan

The Breckenridge ISD Board of Trustees met in a special session Thursday, June 3, to provide the oath of office to a new board member and hear presentations related to the review of a Chapter 313 application.

Jimmy McKay, who was appointed to Place 4 by the board on May 10, was sworn in by Brittany Edgar. This seat was initially held by Cody Wimberley, who recently resigned.

The other new BISD board member, Chad Townson, was sworn in at an earlier board meeting.

The Texas Workforce Commission in May offered ways for Texans to protect themselves against identity theft due to a wave of criminal elements attempting to fraudulently obtain unemployment benefits from state residents.

According to TWC, none of their systems have been breached, but criminals are using identities stolen from Texans to perpetrate fraud which is part of a broader trend across the country of ID thieves targeting state unemployment benefits.

The Meals on Wheels program in Breckenridge is in need of volunteers to help deliver meals to senior citizens who are homebound.

Currently, there are 18 volunteers to deliver 75 meals to seniors weekly, on Tuesday and Thursday.

The meals are put together at the Stephens Memorial Hospital kitchen and then picked up and distributed to the senior citizens.

Peggy Holder is in charge of the program and has the deliveries set up for five routes.

After winter storms wreaked havoc on the Texas power grid and caused many residents to go days without electricity during periods of extremely low temperatures, Gov. Greg Abbott signed two bills into law last Tuesday aiming to improve the state’s main power grid and make changes within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.

Stephens County called an emergency meeting Tuesday, June 1 after widespread flooding impacted the Stephens County area due to heavy rainfall causing Lake Daniel and area creeks and tanks to overflow.

On Monday, May 31, County Judge Michael Roach issued a disaster declaration for the county, due to the flooding that had affected roads, bridges, homes and businesses. Judge Roach requested assistance from Texas Governor Greg Abbott to aid the county with the damage caused by the flooding.

Families gathered for the milestone of the Class of 2021 graduation ceremony at the Breckenridge Athletic and Fine Arts Center Friday, May 28.

There were 33 honor graduates in the class of 79 students, who were led by Valedictorian, Jonas Israel Arellano, and Salutatorian, Evan James Moore. Both received scholarships for their honors from First National Bank and Breckenridge InterBank, respectively.