An ambitious group of three seniors at Breckenridge High School has taken on a new project at the Breckenridge Park through the Texas Midwest Community Network. The three youth include Caroline Turner, Kayla Wood and Thomas Hamilton.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which manages the flow of electrical power to 26 million Texans and represents about 90% of the state’s electrical load, will have seven board members resign, including the chairman and vice-chairman of the organization.
While severe winter storms brought in snow, freezing rain and bitter temperatures it brought most of Texas to a halt. According to the United States Postal Service website the Texas mail processing plants temporarily suspended mail processing operations due to power outages. As a result, all delivery offices were shutdown on last Tuesday. US Post Office vehicles in Breckenridge remained parked for the duration of the 2021 Snow Storm for nearly four days. Photo by Jean Hayworth
The Texas Department of Transportation is offering an opportunity to comment on a proposed project to improve a portion of FM 3099 and its intersection with US highway 180. Project limits include a portion of FM 3099, from Northglen Road to 0.2 miles south of US 180 in Breckenridge, along with the intersection at US 180 in Stephens County, Texas. The public may provide comments to TxDOT through March 24 as part of the environmental review process for this project. The purpose of the 0.826-mile project is to improve safety at this intersection.
While the state of Texas experienced 0.7 percent increase in local sales tax allocations for February, Breckenridge can celebrate another month after exceeding last year’s dollars by 16.88%.
Texas gas prices have risen 11.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.31/g today, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Gas prices in Texas are 21.3 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 13.9 cents per gallon higher than a year ago.
Abilene – Local Better Business Bureau CEO John Riggins warns residents and businesses that scam artists are likely to be active and possibly defrauding victims with new schemes.
As the state of Texas experienced severe freezing weather with snow this past week, residents also lost power through many parts of the state for days.
On Monday morning, volunteers loaded cases of water for local residents brought in by the Texas National Guard late Saturday night for the many residents who did not have water after the winter storm last week. The men include, in no special order, Don Phillips, Carl Huffman, Jimmy Cantrell and Richard Huckaby. B.A. photo by Jean Hayworth
Chris Curtis, Director of Business Development for Stephens Memorial Hospital, said, “SMH has been notified that they will get the COVID vaccine, Moderna, for 60 new people next week.”
