Sunday, October 4, 2026

Rain showers likely before 1 p.m., high near 79, gusts to 25 mph; no NWS watch or warning listed for the courthouse point at 5:18 a.m.

Rain showers likely before 1 p.m. today, mostly cloudy, high near 79, north-northeast wind around 10 mph with gusts as high as 25 mph, chance of precipitation 60 percent, new rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible. Tonight mostly clear, low around 63, north-northeast wind 5 to 10 mph with gusts as high as 20 mph. Monday sunny, high near 82, with temperatures falling to around 80 in the afternoon; Monday night clear, low around 58. The National Weather Service active-alerts feed for 32.7593 N, 97.7972 W listed no watches, warnings or advisories at 5:18 a.m.

Source: National Weather Service forecast for the courthouse point, generated 5:18 a.m. Oct. 4, and the NWS active-alerts feed for the point, read 5:18 a.m. Oct. 4

All three 2026 tax rates on a Weatherford home are adopted: Parker County $0.284719, City of Weatherford $0.392246, Weatherford ISD $0.9342 per $100

Parker County's Order 26-42, captioned as an order ratifying and levying ad valorem taxes for county funds for the 2026-2027 fiscal year and posted on the county's site as document 14254, levies $0.185698 for the general fund and $0.049162 for the lateral road fund for current expenses and $0.049859 for interest and sinking on county bonds, and states the total rate as $0.284719 on the $100 valuation; the order says the meeting was held on the 28th day of September 2026. The City of Weatherford's Sept. 8 council minutes, posted as approved, record that Zack Smith moved to adopt Ordinance O2026-34 adopting the ad valorem tax rate of $0.392246 per $100 of valuation for the 2026 tax year, Matt Ticzkus seconded, and the motion carried 5-0; Director of Finance Linzy Blain told the council the rate was below the no-new-revenue rate and would not increase property taxes. Weatherford ISD's notice on its news page says the Board of Trustees adopted the district's 2026-27 tax rate on Sept. 14, 2026, a total of $0.9342 per $100 valuation. Together the three come to $1.611165 per $100, the Ledger's arithmetic; the Weatherford College junior college district also taxes homes in the city and is not in that sum. The Ledger's typical-home page carries each rate with its source and the bill for a typical home in the three ZIP codes.

Source: Parker County Order 26-42, document 14254 on parkercountytx.gov, read Oct. 4; City of Weatherford council minutes, Sept. 8, 2026, Granicus clip 3517, read Oct. 4; Weatherford ISD news page, Board of Trustees Adopts 2026-27 Tax Rate, read Oct. 4

Burn ban: 192 counties on the state list stamped 10:43 a.m. Oct. 3, the same count as Friday's list; Parker County and eight of its nine neighbors listed, Johnson County not

The Texas A&M Forest Service list stamped 10:43 a.m. Oct. 3 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 4:28 p.m. Oct. 2, as the Ledger carried it Oct. 3, also had 192 counties; a week ago, on the list stamped 8:24 a.m. Sept. 29, there were 216.

Source: Texas A&M Forest Service burn-ban list, feed stamp 10/3/2026 10:43:24 AM, read Oct. 4; the Oct. 2 and Sept. 29 counts from the Ledger's Oct. 3 and Sept. 29 editions

Sept. 22 council and Sept. 24 utility board minutes still not posted as of Oct. 4, 12 and 10 days after the meetings; no agenda yet for the Oct. 13 council meeting

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 video each and no minutes; the Sept. 8 council minutes remain the newest posted, and the Granicus agendas feed's newest entry is still the Sept. 24 utility board agenda. The upcoming-events list carries the Oct. 13 council meeting at 6 p.m. without an agenda link as of 5:20 a.m.; the list runs to 103 meetings through Dec. 30, 2027, 28 of them City Council meetings, unchanged from Saturday. The city's news flash and alert center feeds, the county's news flash feed and the Ledger's own live feed carried no items at 5:19 a.m., and the Weatherford ISD news page's newest item is still the Sept. 21 Facility Planning Committee notice.

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Where it stands: The Sept. 22 council and Sept. 24 Municipal Utility Board minutes were not posted on Granicus as of Oct. 4; the Sept. 8 council minutes, posted Oct. 2, are the newest.

Source: City of Weatherford Granicus archive, upcoming-events list and agendas and minutes RSS, read Oct. 4; City of Weatherford news flash and alert center RSS, Parker County news flash RSS, Weatherford ISD news page and weatherfordledger.com/live/feed.xml, read Oct. 4

Volleyball this week: two wins at the NGC Activity Center, 19-11 by the Ledger's count; the district's page now lists Friday's match at Arlington Lamar at 5:30 p.m.

The Kangaroos beat Arlington 3-0 on Tuesday, Sept. 29 and Arlington Martin 3-1 on Friday, Oct. 2, both at the Weatherford NGC Activity Center, per the district's schedule page, which shows 19 wins and 11 losses in the results posted this season as the Ledger counts them as of Oct. 4. The page lists the next matches at Arlington Sam Houston on Tuesday, Oct. 6 at 6:30 p.m. and at Arlington Lamar on Friday, Oct. 9 at 5:30 p.m.; the Ledger's Oct. 3 edition carried the Lamar match at 6:30 p.m., the time the page showed that morning. Then Granbury at home Oct. 13 at 6:30 p.m. and Aledo at home Oct. 16 at 5 p.m.

Source: Weatherford ISD Athletics (weatherfordisdkangaroos.com), volleyball schedule page, read Oct. 4; the earlier time from the Ledger's Oct. 3 edition

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 in the office of the 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. A registration becomes effective 30 days after it is submitted and accepted by the county voter registrar.

What you can do. Confirm your registration, or register, at VoteTexas.gov by Monday; the election page carries the early-voting and mail-ballot dates.

Source: VoteTexas.gov registration FAQ, read Oct. 4

National Night Out, Heritage Park

Listed in the Aug. 25 council minutes under the city's announcements: National Night Out is October 6 at Heritage Park.

Source: Aug. 25, 2026 council minutes (Granicus), read Oct. 4

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. 4

Ribbon cutting, JAG Metals, 10 a.m., 1813 Banks Drive

Source: per Parker County Chamber of Commerce

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 consideration by the Board of Trustees; the district's 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.

Source: Weatherford ISD news, published Sept. 21, 2026, read Oct. 4

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

Weatherford is 3-2 and 1-1 in district and Arlington Lamar 3-2 and 1-1, per the Ledger's compilation of MaxPreps team pages refreshed Oct. 4; 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 5:30 p.m., per the district's page as of Oct. 4.

Source: Weatherford ISD Athletics football and volleyball schedules, read Oct. 4; MaxPreps Weatherford schedule and District 3-6A team pages, compiled Oct. 4

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, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., as the chamber lists it.

Source: per Parker County Chamber of Commerce

The Growth Ledger

The weekly record of what is being built, decided and taxed in the Weatherford ISD footprint: the three adopted tax rates with their source documents, the plats on the council's record and the state's construction registrations.

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