Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Sunny, high near 84; clear tonight, low around 60; no NWS watch or warning listed for the courthouse point at 5:15 a.m.

Sunny today, high near 84, with temperatures falling to around 81 in the afternoon, east-northeast wind around 0 mph. Tonight clear, low around 60, with temperatures rising to around 62 overnight, east wind around 0 mph. Wednesday sunny, high near 85, with temperatures falling to around 83 in the afternoon, east-northeast wind 0 to 5 mph; Wednesday night clear, low around 61. The National Weather Service active-alerts feed for 32.7593 N, 97.7972 W listed no watches, warnings or advisories at 5:15 a.m.

Source: National Weather Service forecast for the courthouse point, generated 5:20 a.m. Oct. 6, and the NWS active-alerts feed for the point, updated 5:15 a.m. Oct. 6

Burn ban: 168 counties on the state list stamped 3:26 p.m. Oct. 5, down from 191 the day before; Hood and Denton counties no longer listed, Parker County still is

The Texas A&M Forest Service list stamped 3:26 p.m. Oct. 5 carries 168 counties under a burn ban, Parker County among them, with Tarrant, Palo Pinto, Wise, Jack, Erath and Somervell also listed and Hood, Johnson and Denton not listed. The list stamped 10:26 a.m. Oct. 4, as the Ledger carried it Oct. 5, had 191 counties and listed Hood and Denton.

Source: Texas A&M Forest Service burn-ban county list, feed stamp 10/5/2026 3:26:21 PM, read 5:19 a.m. Oct. 6; the Oct. 4 list as the Ledger carried it in the Oct. 5 edition

Sept. 22 council and Sept. 24 utility board minutes still not posted as of Oct. 6, 14 and 12 days after the meetings; no agenda yet for the Oct. 13 council meeting; city, county and district feeds carried nothing new at 5:19 a.m.

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 council minutes posted. The Granicus agenda feed's newest entry is the Sept. 24 board agenda, and no agenda is posted for the Oct. 13 council meeting, which the city's calendar shows at 6 p.m. at 303 Palo Pinto Street. The city's news flash and alert center feeds and the county's news flash feed carried no items at 5:19 a.m.; the district's news page has posted nothing since the Sept. 21 facility-committee notice; BoardBook lists the Sept. 14 trustees meeting as the newest, without minutes, and no October meeting; and the county's Agenda Center lists no Commissioners Court agenda after the Apr. 30, 2026 emergency agenda.

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Source: City of Weatherford Granicus archive and agenda RSS; City of Weatherford news flash, alert center and calendar RSS; Parker County news flash RSS and Agenda Center; Weatherford ISD news page and BoardBook organization 992; all read 5:19 a.m. Oct. 6

New on the city's calendar: Coffee with a Cop and a pet vaccination and microchip clinic on Oct. 15, Movies in the Park: Casper on Oct. 16

The city's calendar feed now lists Coffee with a Cop on Oct. 15 from 9 a.m. at 1225 Holland Lake Drive; a Pet Vaccination and Microchip Clinic on Oct. 15 from 9 to 11 a.m. at 403 Hickory Lane; and Movies in the Park: Casper on Oct. 16 from 7 p.m. at 503 Santa Fe Drive. None of the three carries a description in the feed. The feed also lists Effective Courtroom Testimony on Oct. 7, 1 to 5 p.m., at the Weatherford Public Safety Building, 614 Fort Worth Hwy, and the ICS 300 incident-command course Oct. 19 to 21, 8 a.m. to noon, at the same address.

Source: City of Weatherford calendar RSS (ModID=58), read 5:19 a.m. Oct. 6; the three entries were not in the feed the Ledger read Oct. 5

National Night Out, 5 to 8 p.m., 317 Santa Fe Drive

The city's calendar lists National Night Out: You've Got a Friend in WPD for Oct. 6 from 5 to 8 p.m. at 317 Santa Fe Drive, a free, family-friendly evening with activities for the kids, inflatables, a corn maze, live entertainment, free hot dogs and snow cones and first responders. The Aug. 25 council minutes listed it at Heritage Park.

What you can do. 5 to 8 p.m. at 317 Santa Fe Drive, per the city's calendar; free.

Source: City of Weatherford calendar RSS, read Oct. 6; Aug. 25, 2026 council minutes (Granicus clip 3511), text in the Ledger's archive

Storytime: Fire Safety Clowns, 10:30 a.m., 1014 Charles St

What you can do. Listed on the city's calendar for Oct. 6 from 10:30 a.m. at 1014 Charles St.

Source: City of Weatherford calendar RSS, read Oct. 6

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

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

Source: Weatherford ISD Athletics volleyball schedule, read Oct. 6

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 notice says the work does not assume that a bond proposal will move forward, that applicants must live within Weatherford ISD boundaries, and that four meetings are planned: Oct. 26, Nov. 9, Dec. 7 and Jan. 7, 2027, with times and locations to be announced when finalized.

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. 6

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, with Arlington Martin 5-0 and 2-0 and Arlington Bowie 3-2 and 2-0 at the top of the district, per the Ledger's compilation of MaxPreps team pages refreshed Oct. 6; 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. 6.

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

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

Monster Bash, 6 p.m., 503 Santa Fe Drive

What you can do. Listed on the city's calendar for Oct. 10 from 6 p.m. at 503 Santa Fe Drive.

Source: City of Weatherford calendar RSS, read Oct. 6

City Council, 6 p.m., City Hall, 303 Palo Pinto St.

The city's calendar shows the meeting at 6 p.m. at 303 Palo Pinto Street; no agenda was posted on Granicus as of 5:19 a.m. Oct. 6. Volleyball hosts Granbury the same evening at 6:30 p.m. at the Weatherford NGC Activity Center, per Weatherford ISD Athletics.

What you can do. The agenda and packet post on Granicus before the meeting; the Ledger reports the votes from the posted minutes.

Source: City of Weatherford calendar RSS and Granicus archive and agenda RSS, read Oct. 6; Weatherford ISD Athletics volleyball schedule, read Oct. 6

The Parker County burn ban page

Whether Parker County and its neighbors are on the state list, refreshed each morning from the Texas A&M Forest Service feed.

Every Kangaroos varsity schedule in one place

Schedules and results for every varsity sport the district posts, refreshed each morning.