Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Compiled from the record with an editorThe county's third transportation town hall is tonight, 6 to 8 p.m., at the Don R. Daniel 9th Grade Campus cafeteria in Aledo, as the county's notice said
Why it matters. It is the last of the three the county scheduled, after Peaster on Sept. 21 and Weatherford on Sept. 22, per that notice as the Ledger carried it Sept. 26.
Volleyball hosts Arlington at 6:30 p.m. at the NGC Activity Center, per Weatherford ISD Athletics. Parker County is one of 216 Texas counties under a burn ban on the Texas A&M Forest Service list stamped 8:24 a.m. today, with all nine neighboring counties also listed. No city board or council meets this week, per Granicus.
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Texas counties under a burn ban, Parker County among them, per the Texas A&M Forest Service list stamped 8:24 a.m. Sept. 29; the burn-ban page updates from the list. More
Source: Texas A&M Forest Service burn-ban list, feed stamp 9/29/2026 8:24:44 AM
The record
Burn ban: Parker County and all nine neighbors on the state list, 216 counties in all, as of 8:24 a.m. Sept. 29
The Texas A&M Forest Service list stamped 8:24 a.m. Sept. 29 carries 216 counties under a burn ban, Parker County among them, with Tarrant, Hood, Palo Pinto, Wise, Johnson, Jack, Erath, Somervell and Denton also listed. The county's order and the list are linked from the burn-ban page.
Source: Texas A&M Forest Service burn-ban list, feed stamp 9/29/2026 8:24:44 AM
Coming up
Volleyball vs Arlington, 6:30 p.m., Weatherford NGC Activity Center
What you can do. First serve 6:30 p.m., per Weatherford ISD Athletics.
Source: Weatherford ISD Athletics schedule
Parker County Transportation Town Hall, 6-8 p.m., Don R. Daniel 9th Grade Campus cafeteria, 990 Bailey Ranch Rd., Aledo
The third of three county transportation town halls, after Peaster on Sept. 21 and Weatherford on Sept. 22, as the county's notice said when the Ledger carried it Sept. 26; the county has since removed that notice from its site.
What you can do. Attend; the county's notice offered an online survey for input.
Source: Parker County notice, as carried in the Sept. 26 edition (notice since removed from parkercountytx.gov)
Volleyball vs Arlington Martin, 6:30 p.m., Weatherford NGC Activity Center
What you can do. First serve 6:30 p.m., per Weatherford ISD Athletics.
Source: Weatherford ISD Athletics schedule
JAG Metals Wine & Whiskey Walk, 1 to 7 p.m., Historic Downtown Weatherford
Northwest quadrant of downtown, between North Main and York Avenue, as the chamber lists it.
Source: per Parker County Chamber of Commerce
Voter registration deadline for the Nov. 3 election
What you can do. Confirm your registration, or register, at VoteTexas.gov; the election page carries the early-voting and mail-ballot dates.
Source: VoteTexas.gov
National Night Out, Heritage Park
Source: Aug. 25, 2026 council minutes (Granicus), as carried in the Ledger's calendar
Ribbon cutting, JAG Metals, 10 a.m., 1813 Banks Drive
Source: per Parker County Chamber of Commerce
Kangaroos at Arlington Lamar, 7 p.m., District 3-6A
No game is listed for Oct. 2. Arlington Lamar is 3-2 and 1-1 in district, per the Ledger's compilation of MaxPreps team pages, refreshed Sept. 30.
What you can do. Kickoff 7 p.m., per MaxPreps.
Source: MaxPreps schedule and District 3-6A team pages
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