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Area this week: Friday's recap

Homecoming Week

Homecoming week has come and gone in Breckenridge, with the festivities capping off tonight in the football game against Dublin. The festivities included dress-up days at the schools, a parade and pep rallies on Friday. Those pep rallies included one for the high school at 10 a.m. and one at East Elementary at 1:15. Tonight the town will also learn who King and Queen are. Regarding the parade, the winning floats were:

First — Little Bucks Cheerleaders

Second — Wee School

Breckenridge man killed in one-vehicle accident

A Breckenridge man was killed in a car crash Tuesday evening after he collided with a concrete pillar on Interstate 40, according to a press release from officials.

James Jenson, 36, was driving an 18-wheeler towing a semi-trailer. According to the release, Jenson swerved off the road into the south barrow ditch for unknown reasons and collided with a concrete pillar of the U.S. Highway 183 overpass bridge.

The vehicle caught fire and was destroyed. Wheeler was pronounced dead at the scene. No other vehicles were involved in the incident and the road conditions were dry. 

The area this week

Constitution Day celebrated in Breckenridge

On Constitution Day, Monday, Sept. 17, all Breckenridge ISD campuses have been invited to participate in the recognition of the 231st anniversary of the final signature being placed on the U.S. Constitution. At 3 p.m., the bells around Breckenridge and county-wide will be ringing to commemorate the occasion. The punily is invited to join the churches, BISD and others for the occasion.

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