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Breckenridge, Texas Patch AM: a 4 min readCheers Breckenridge! We’re back, helping you stay up to date with what’s happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Sloan Everett memorial ride delivers record support for volunteer firefighters
- Remembering Mickey Flatt, longtime Breckenridge manufacturing employee
- Monday night's weather snapshot recorded showers in Breckenridge
Also on today's calendar: Bulk Pickup.
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Pleasant with plenty of sun, with a high of 78 and low of 46 degrees.
- Thursday: Sunny and pleasantly warm, temps: high: 79, low: 47.
- Friday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 75 and low of 49 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Local bike ride raises record amount for volunteer fire depts. (breckenridgetexan.com) — The Sloan Everett memorial bike ride raised a record $100,568 for Stephens County volunteer firefighters, nearly doubling last year's total. Hubbard Creek, Wayland and Caddo each received $33,522.80 for needs such as equipment, fuel and insurance. The ride honors a Breckenridge man who died fighting to save cattle during a 2017 wildfire. 
2. Clifford 'Mickey' Flatt, Sr. (breckenridgetexan.com) — Clifford “Mickey” Flatt Sr., a Breckenridge resident who spent more than 50 years as chief of quality control at R.E. Dye Manufacturing, died Nov. 4 at 87. His family remembers his love of fishing, hunting and road trips. In keeping with his wishes, he will be cremated, with no services currently planned.
3. TX Current Conditions (dailyindependent.com) — Breckenridge recorded showers and a temperature of 61 degrees in a statewide weather table dated 9:01 p.m. Nov. 9. The entry lists northwest winds at 2 mph and 91% humidity. These are past observations, not a forecast for today's conditions.
4. Ep. 09: On Doc Holliday and Bat Masterson, Wyatt Earp's Wingmen (themeateater.com) — A new Gunfighters podcast episode includes a violent episode from Breckenridge's frontier history: an 1877 confrontation between Doc Holliday and gambler Henry Kahn. The host recounts that Kahn shot Holliday after a dispute, and Holliday recovered. The broader episode explores Holliday's and Bat Masterson's friendships with Wyatt Earp.
5. Football Recap: Cisco Rolls to Its Third Straight Win (maxpreps.com) — Cisco heads into the playoffs with three straight wins after beating De Leon 37-20 on Friday. Landry Vosburg rushed for 90 yards and two touchdowns, his most rushing scores since facing Breckenridge in September. The 7-3 Loboes host Nocona on Thursday at 7 p.m.
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First Methodist Church Turkey Dinner →
Christian Life Center, 419 W. Walker St., Breckenridge
11:00 am
Thursday November 12
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Other local events
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Bulk Pickup →
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Regular Meeting of the Breckenridge City Commission →
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5:30 pm
Saturday November 21
Wednesday December 2
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Veterans Day Program →
Woodson ISD Woodson, TX 76491
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City Council Public Hearing →
Mingus City Hall, 229 S Mingus Blvd, Mingus
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Turkey Thursday at the De Leon Library →
De Leon Library, 125 E Reynosa Ave, De Leon
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Turkey Thursday →
De Leon Library, 125 E Reynosa Ave, De Leon
1:00 pm -
JHBB vs Stephenville Faith
Perkins Middle De Leon, TX 76444, USA
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JH B Boys Basketball @ Graford
Garner ISD Graford, TX 76449, USA
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JH B Girls Basketball @ Graford
Garner ISD Graford, TX 76449, USA
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JHGB vs Stephenville Faith
Perkins Middle De Leon, TX 76444, USA
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JHG BB VS GOLDTHWAITE @ HOME A TEAM@5:30/B TEAM@6:30PM
Cross Plains H S Cross Plains, TX 76443
5:30 pm
Wednesday November 11
Thursday November 12
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- The next Brazos River Authority bimonthly Board of Directors meeting is today, November 9, 2026, at 9 a.
m. at the BRA’s Lt. Gen. Phillip J. Ford Central Office, 4600 Cobbs Drive in Waco. You can access a livestream of today’s meeting and learn more… (Nextdoor )
- XCaliber Container posted a job opening for Various Manufacturing Production Positions in Graham. Apply here.
- SAS Retail Services posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser in Graham. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Breckenridge here.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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