Saturday, October 3, 2026

Showers and thunderstorms, high near 74, a quarter to half an inch of new rain possible; no NWS watch or warning listed for the courthouse point at 5:17 a.m.

Showers and thunderstorms today, cloudy, high near 74, north wind around 10 mph with gusts as high as 20 mph, chance of precipitation 80 percent, new rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Tonight a slight chance of rain showers before 7 p.m., mostly cloudy, low around 64, chance of precipitation 20 percent. Sunday partly sunny with a high near 80 and north-northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, gusts as high as 25 mph; Monday sunny, high near 81. The National Weather Service active-alerts feed for 32.7593 N, 97.7972 W listed no watches, warnings or advisories at 5:17 a.m.; the Flood Watch the Ledger carried Oct. 2 ran until 7 p.m. Friday.

Source: National Weather Service forecast for the courthouse point, generated 5:23 a.m. Oct. 3, and the NWS active-alerts feed for the point, read 5:17 a.m. Oct. 3; the watch's end time from the Ledger's Oct. 2 edition

Volleyball: Weatherford 3, Arlington Martin 1, at the NGC Activity Center on Friday, per Weatherford ISD Athletics

The win is the Kangaroos' third straight, after 3-0 wins over Arlington Bowie on Sept. 25 and Arlington on Sept. 29, and it follows a 0-3 loss at Martin on Sept. 8 and a 0-3 loss at Aledo on Sept. 22; the schedule page shows 19 wins and 11 losses in the results posted so far this season, as the Ledger counts them as of Oct. 3. Next: at Arlington Sam Houston on Tuesday, Oct. 6 at 6:30 p.m., at Arlington Lamar on Friday, Oct. 9 at 6:30 p.m., then Granbury at home on Oct. 13 at 6:30 p.m.

Source: Weatherford ISD Athletics (weatherfordisdkangaroos.com), volleyball schedule page, read Oct. 3

Burn ban: 192 counties on the state list stamped 4:28 p.m. Oct. 2, Parker County listed with eight of its nine neighbors; Johnson County is not

The Texas A&M Forest Service list stamped 4:28 p.m. Oct. 2 carries 192 counties under a burn ban, Parker County among them, with Tarrant, Hood, Palo Pinto, Wise, Jack, Erath, Somervell and Denton also listed and Johnson County not listed. The list stamped 3:56 p.m. Oct. 1, as the Ledger carried it Oct. 2, had 208 counties.

Source: Texas A&M Forest Service burn-ban list, feed stamp 10/2/2026 4:28:00 PM, read Oct. 3; the Oct. 1 count from the Ledger's Oct. 2 edition

Sept. 22 council and Sept. 24 utility board minutes still not posted as of Oct. 3; the city's list of upcoming meetings on Granicus runs through Dec. 30, 2027

The Granicus archive lists the Sept. 22 City Council meeting and the Sept. 24 Municipal Utility Board meeting with an agenda, a packet and a 1 hour 6 minute video each and no minutes; the Sept. 8 council minutes remain the newest posted. The site's upcoming-events list carries 103 meetings from Oct. 13, 2026 through Dec. 30, 2027, 28 of them City Council meetings, all at 6 p.m.: Oct. 13, Oct. 27, Nov. 10, Nov. 24 and Dec. 15 this year, then Jan. 12 and Jan. 26, 2027. Also listed this month: the Planning and Zoning Commission on Oct. 14 at 2:30 p.m., the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board on Oct. 22 at 5:30 p.m., the Public Library Board on Oct. 26 at 1 p.m., the Building and Standards Commission on Oct. 28 at 9 a.m. and the Historic Preservation Commission on Oct. 28 at 5:30 p.m. The city's news flash and alert center feeds and the county's news flash feed carried no items at 5:20 a.m.

This story on its own page

Source: City of Weatherford Granicus archive and upcoming-events list, and the Granicus minutes RSS, read Oct. 3; City of Weatherford news flash and alert center RSS and Parker County news flash RSS, read Oct. 3

Sales-tax permits, Sept. 28 to Oct. 2: 12 new outlets in the Weatherford ZIP codes, per the Comptroller

Quickco Inc., 119 N. Main St. Ste. 207, Davis & Field LLC and Osterkamp Technical Solutions LLC (professional services); Shannon Ray, 147 College Park Dr., Gracefully Found, Grace and Light Boutique LLC, Kim's Kreations, Wandering Waterfall Creations, Fowl Hammer Tactical LLC and Kathleen Spedding (retail); WT Contractors LLC (construction or contracting); and Peairson Lactation (health care). Two of the 12 list a street address and 10 do not; five are inside the city limits by the Comptroller's indicator and seven are outside; the first-sales dates on the permits run from Jan. 1, 2025 to Dec. 1, 2026. Categories follow the industry code on the permit; a permit is not an opening date.

Source: Texas Comptroller, Active Sales Tax Permit Holders (data.texas.gov dataset jrea-zgmq), outlets in ZIPs 76086, 76087 and 76088, fetched Oct. 3

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; the contact is Downtown Weatherford Inc.

What you can do. Today from 1 p.m.; the chamber's listing says tickets are open.

Source: per Parker County Chamber of Commerce

Voter registration deadline for the Nov. 3 election

The deadline to register and be eligible to vote in the Nov. 3, 2026 election is Oct. 5, 2026, either the postmark date or the date the application is received by the county voter registrar, per VoteTexas.gov; the same day is the last day to make a change of address that will be effective for the election. Early voting in person runs Oct. 19 through Oct. 30.

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 registration FAQ, read Oct. 3

National Night Out, Heritage Park

Source: Aug. 25, 2026 council minutes (Granicus), as archived by the Ledger; read Oct. 3

Volleyball at Arlington Sam Houston, 6:30 p.m.

What you can do. First serve 6:30 p.m. at Sam Houston High School in Arlington, per Weatherford ISD Athletics.

Source: Weatherford ISD Athletics schedule, read Oct. 3

Applications due for the Weatherford ISD Facility Planning Committee

The committee will examine the district's long-term facility and capital needs and help develop recommendations for the Board of Trustees; four meetings are planned, Oct. 26, Nov. 9, Dec. 7 and Jan. 7, 2027, and the notice says the work does not assume that a bond proposal will move forward.

What you can do. Apply through the link in the district's Sept. 21 notice by Friday, Oct. 9; applicants must live within Weatherford ISD boundaries.

Source: Weatherford ISD news, published Sept. 21, 2026, read Oct. 3

Kangaroos at Arlington Lamar, 7 p.m., District 3-6A

No District 3-6A team played on Oct. 2: every team's latest result is from Sept. 25 and every team's next game is Oct. 8 or Oct. 9, per the Ledger's compilation of MaxPreps team pages refreshed Oct. 3, which has Weatherford at 3-2 and 1-1 in district and Arlington Lamar at 3-2, 1-1 and 3-0 away. The district's schedule lists the site as University of Texas at Arlington.

What you can do. Kickoff 7 p.m., per Weatherford ISD Athletics; volleyball plays at Arlington Lamar the same evening at 6:30 p.m.

Update (Oct. 4): The school has since moved this match to 5:30 p.m.

Source: Weatherford ISD Athletics football and volleyball schedules, read Oct. 3; MaxPreps Weatherford schedule and District 3-6A team pages, compiled Oct. 3

Weatherford College Lone Star Region Rodeo, 6:30 p.m., Parker County Sheriff's Posse, 2251 Mineral Wells Highway

Friday, Oct. 9 and Saturday, Oct. 10 at 6:30 p.m.; admission $5.72 to $27.08, free to Weatherford College students, faculty and staff with ID and to children under 12, as the chamber lists it.

Source: per Parker County Chamber of Commerce

District 3-6A standings, refreshed every Saturday

Overall and district records, points for and against, each team's results so far and its next game, compiled from each team's MaxPreps page; the Ledger's table is a compilation, not a UIL standing.

What a typical Weatherford home pays each taxing unit in 2026

The tax to the City of Weatherford, Weatherford ISD and Parker County this year and last for a typical home in the three ZIP codes, with the arithmetic shown and every rate sourced; the county line now carries the adopted rate.