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The number of people in Texas hospitalized with COVID-19 has declined more than 28 percent in the past month, according to the Texas Department of Health Services. As of Feb. 7, Texas hospitals were treating 9,957 COVID-19 patients, down from nearly 14,000 a month ago. The number of new cases in the past week was 123,239 — a 22 percent drop from the record high of 158,922 the week of Jan. 10, according to the Coronavirus Resource Center at Johns Hopkins University.

Next on the agenda of the trial was the testimony of E.R. Maxwell, who was well-known as a community leader, in Breckenridge, and was named as one of the directors of the Stephens County Museum. Maxwell said, “I was shocked like I had never been before that the two sisters were unhappy about the dealings with the museum organization.” Maxwell went on to say, “I had made as many as 20 visits to the Swenson home and I never recalled any controversy or dissatisfaction over any of the plans for the museum until I received the phone call that said the two sisters had filed a petition with the court.”

We hum at church behind a mask instead of singing. The blower hums on cattle at shows. The tools hum as we near the end of our never-ending, 4-year renovation. The traffic on the highway hums by… and so does time.

There is some misinformation, scattered around the county, that Stephens County may not have been prepared for the vaccine rollout. According to Stephens Memorial Hospital and ResourceCare Community Health Center 280 first dose COVID-19 vaccines have been administered and 48 second dose vaccines.

Breckenridge High School held their 96th Coronation on Saturday, Jan. 30 in the historic Bailey Auditorium, observing one of the ‘rites of passage’ that BHS students have participated in since 1925.