Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Ozone Action Day for the Dallas-Fort Worth area today, Parker County among the 13 counties on the NWS Air Quality Alert; sunny, high near 83; clear tonight, low around 62

The National Weather Service active-alerts feed for 32.7593 N, 97.7972 W listed one alert at 5:17 a.m.: an Air Quality Alert issued at 3:12 p.m. Oct. 6 by NWS Fort Worth, in effect until 6:15 p.m. Oct. 7, for Wise, Denton, Collin, Hunt, Parker, Tarrant, Dallas, Rockwall, Kaufman, Hood, Johnson, Ellis and Henderson counties. The alert says the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has issued an Ozone Action Day for the Dallas-Fort Worth area for Wednesday, October 7, 2026, and that atmospheric conditions are expected to be favorable for producing high levels of ozone air pollution in the Dallas-Fort Worth area on Wednesday; it lists sharing a ride, walking, riding a bicycle, taking your lunch to work, avoiding drive-through lanes, conserving energy and keeping your vehicle properly tuned as ways to help prevent ozone pollution. The forecast: sunny today, high near 83, east-northeast wind 0 to 5 mph; tonight clear, low around 62, east wind 0 to 5 mph; Thursday sunny, high near 84, northeast wind 0 to 5 mph; Thursday night clear, low around 64, with temperatures rising to around 66 overnight.

Source: NWS active-alerts feed for the courthouse point, updated 5:17 a.m. Oct. 7 (Air Quality Alert issued 3:12 p.m. Oct. 6, expires 6:15 p.m. Oct. 7); National Weather Service forecast for the point, generated 5:18 a.m. Oct. 7

Burn ban: 163 counties on the state list stamped 2:05 p.m. Oct. 6, down from 168 the day before; Parker County still listed, Hood, Johnson and Denton still not

The Texas A&M Forest Service list stamped 2:05 p.m. Oct. 6 carries 163 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 3:26 p.m. Oct. 5, as the Ledger carried it Oct. 6, had 168 counties with the same nine neighbors listed the same way.

Source: Texas A&M Forest Service burn-ban county list, feed stamp 10/6/2026 2:05:03 PM, read 5:18 a.m. Oct. 7; the Oct. 5 list as the Ledger carried it in the Oct. 6 edition

Volleyball: Kangaroos 3-0 at Arlington Sam Houston on Tuesday, per Weatherford ISD Athletics

The district's volleyball schedule lists the Oct. 6 match at Sam Houston High School in Arlington as W 3 - 0. The next matches are at Arlington Lamar on Friday, Oct. 9, at 5:30 p.m., and at home against Granbury on Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 6:30 p.m. at the Weatherford NGC Activity Center, per the same page.

Source: Weatherford ISD Athletics volleyball schedule, read 5:18 a.m. Oct. 7

Sept. 22 council and Sept. 24 utility board minutes still not posted as of Oct. 7, 15 and 13 days after the meetings; Granicus's upcoming list now shows seven October meetings, none with an agenda yet

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, and the agenda feed's newest entry is the Sept. 24 board agenda. The page's upcoming-meetings list, which rendered no October rows in the Ledger's Oct. 6 fetch, now shows City Council Oct. 13 at 6 p.m. and Oct. 27 at 6 p.m., Planning & Zoning Commission Oct. 14 at 2:30 p.m., Parks & Recreation Advisory Board Oct. 22 at 5:30 p.m., Weatherford Public Library Board Oct. 26 at 1 p.m., and Building & Standards Commission at 9 a.m. and Historic Preservation Commission at 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 28, with no agenda link on any row. The city's news flash and alert center feeds and the county's news flash feed carried no items at 5:19 a.m.; BoardBook still lists the Sept. 14 trustees meeting as the newest, without minutes, and no October meeting; the county's Agenda Center still lists no Commissioners Court agenda after Apr. 30, 2026.

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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-meetings list and agenda RSS; City of Weatherford news flash and alert center RSS; Parker County news flash RSS and Agenda Center; BoardBook organization 992; all read 5:19 a.m. Oct. 7

Weatherford ISD posts an October is National Principals Month notice, its first news item since the Sept. 21 facility-committee notice

The district's news page carries a notice published Oct. 6 titled October is National Principals Month!, which says the district is celebrating National Principals Month throughout October and recognizing the leaders who serve its campuses; it names no one.

Source: Weatherford ISD news, published Oct. 6, 2026, read 5:19 a.m. Oct. 7

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. 7

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. 7; 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. 7.

Source: Weatherford ISD Athletics football and volleyball schedules, read Oct. 7; MaxPreps District 3-6A team pages, compiled Oct. 7

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. 7

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

Granicus's upcoming-meetings list and the city's calendar both show the meeting at 6 p.m.; no agenda was posted as of 5:19 a.m. Oct. 7. 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 Granicus upcoming-meetings list and agenda RSS and the city's calendar RSS, read Oct. 7; Weatherford ISD Athletics volleyball schedule, read Oct. 7

Planning & Zoning Commission, 2:30 p.m., City Hall, 303 Palo Pinto St.

Granicus's upcoming-meetings list and the city's calendar both show the meeting at 2:30 p.m.; no agenda was posted as of 5:19 a.m. Oct. 7. The Sept. 9 meeting was posted as canceled.

What you can do. Plats and zoning cases are heard here before they reach the council; the agenda posts on Granicus before the meeting.

Source: City of Weatherford Granicus upcoming-meetings list and agenda RSS and the city's calendar RSS, read Oct. 7

Every meeting, with agendas, minutes and reports

When and where the councils, boards and the county meet, with links to agendas and the Ledger's reports back to 2012.

Every sales-tax permit holder in Weatherford

The businesses page lists every active permit in the 76086, 76087 and 76088 ZIP codes from the Comptroller's dataset, with the new ones under New in town.