30 head of cattle stolen in nearby ranch
A recent theft of 30 head of beef cattle were reported stolen from a ranch in northwest Stephens County.
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BISD disapprove the addition of boys, girls soccer to the Athletic Program
The Breckenridge Independent School District board of trustees disapproved an agenda item on Monday, January 18, on the possibility of adding boys and girls soccer to the BISD Athletic Program.
BISD Cheerleaders places in UIL 3A Spirit State Championships
The Breckenridge Buckaroos placed in the 3A Spirit State Championships held in Fort Worth during the weekend of January 16.
Stephens County experiences a decline in COVID-19 active cases
Stephens County COVID-19 active cases declined over the third week of January after reaching nearly 100 active cases during the second week of January.
Gas prices level off, for the moment
Texas gas prices are unchanged in the past week, averaging $2.09/g today, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 13,114 stations. Gas prices in Texas are 16.5 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 10.6 cents per gallon lower than a year ago.
Breckenridge will receive $142,770 for local sales tax allocations
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $783.2 million in local sales tax allocations for January, 2.6 percent more than in January 2020. These allocations are based on sales made in November by businesses that report tax monthly.
City of Breckenridge opens filings for Commission seats
Candidates filing for Places 3 and 4 for the 2021 Breckenridge City election will have until Friday, February 12 to file for candidacy.
COVID-19 outbreak continues as vaccine come into play
Over the past two weeks, Stephens County has seen a large spike in COVID-19 cases. The county has 54 new cases, an active case count of 5.76 per 1,000 people, 405 total confirmed cases, 227 total probable cases and, 19 deaths.
87th Legislative session opens amid virus, economic worries
It was a muted start to this year’s legislative session in Austin Tuesday as lawmakers returned to tackle the biggest public health crisis in living memory and the economic downturn it caused. The normal raucous hallways and packed galleries of past opening days were replaced by quiet on a day usually filled with ceremony and celebration as the pandemic kept constituents and well-wishers at home. One day before, state Comptroller Glenn Hegar laid out his projected forecast for state revenue for the next two fiscal years, telling lawmakers how much they’ll have to work with as they look to pay for state services over the upcoming biennium. “The pandemic, which resulted in steep declines in key sources of revenue in the later half of fiscal [year] 2020 and has continued to drag down collections in fiscal [year] 2021 wiped out a projective positive ending balance and has turned it into a currently projected deficit of nearly $1 billion,” said Hegar.
State sales tax revenue see slight decrease from this time last year
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today said state sales tax revenue totaled $2.86 billion in December, 5 percent less than in December 2019.
