State Comptroller Glenn Hegar last week released his agency’s plan to support the expansion of broadband internet access to areas with limited or no access. Hegar and his agency’s Broadband Development Office received feedback through a series of town halls, virtual discussions and more than 16,000 responses to a survey.
The Breckenridge Independent School District will hold a meeting for private, non-profit schools and home schools with tax-exempt status. Participants will discuss available funding to eligible private school students and the conditions for participating in programs paid with Title I, Part A funding.
Average gasoline prices in Texas have fallen 1 cent per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.64/g today, according to GasBuddy's survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 35.6 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand $1.89/g higher than a year ago. The price of diesel has risen 2.6 cents nationally in the past week and stands at $5.80 per gallon.
I sat down at least three times this last week. I mean I sat at a time before I usually sit down at the end of the day, and I fall asleep on the couch and wake up later to find I that I slept through my favorite shows and it’s time to go to bed… Wake up and go to sleep! Too busy!
The collective “whoosh” sweeping across the nation this month is the sound of school leaders exhaling, most of them having awarded diplomas, seen graduates throw caps skyward and watch them depart- -ready or not--to face the great unknown.
In a container beside my bed are four remote controls. Each of them has a special job and will not cross over and do the job of the other. Of course, there are two controls for the television, but the “big” control is for the television only… the other is the DirectTV control that brings on the news, shows sports, and cost me about a hundred dollars a month. The other television remote (which is red) controls the source of special entertainment… Netflix, Prime, and such. Remote number four is small, thin, and has no numbers or words. Manipulation of arrows will control the moveable parts of my bed. This is an important remote which is not just for Kings and Princes anymore.
After less than one year in the position, Breckenridge City Manager Erika McComis announced her resignation for the position. City commissioners accepted her resignation during a special meeting last Monday, June 13.
The city of Breckenridge during their June 7 meeting authorized the submission of an application for a $500,000 Texas Community Development Block Grant through the Downtown Revitalization/Main Street Grant Program with the Texas Department of Agriculture. The board additionally determined an area of the city as slum and blighted to use funding from the grant, if awarded.
Four high school years in the Woodson FFA Chapter has paid off for Woodson High School graduate Kylie Deaton. She was awarded the San Antonio Livestock Exposition Scholarship in the amount of $20,000. Deaton participated in ag mechanics, raising rabbits, community service, and in leadership through the FFA at the chapter, district, area and state levels. She will attend West Texas A&M University in the fall. Contributed photo
The Houston Boychoir will perform a free concert tomorrow in downtown Albany.
