Friday, October 9, 2026

A third 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 88; clear tonight, low around 64

The National Weather Service active-alerts feed for 32.7593 N, 97.7972 W listed one alert at 5:13 a.m.: an Air Quality Alert issued at 2:31 p.m. Oct. 8 by NWS Fort Worth, in effect until 5:45 p.m. Oct. 9, 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 Friday, October 9, 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 Friday; the Ledger carried the same alert for Wednesday in its Oct. 7 edition and for Thursday in its Oct. 8 edition. The forecast: sunny today, high near 88, east wind 0 to 5 mph; tonight clear, low around 64, east southeast wind 0 to 5 mph; Saturday sunny, high near 88, south southwest wind 0 to 5 mph; Saturday night clear, low around 65; Sunday sunny, high near 89 with temperatures falling to around 87 in the afternoon, south wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Source: NWS active-alerts feed for the courthouse point, updated 5:13 a.m. Oct. 9 (Air Quality Alert issued 2:31 p.m. Oct. 8, expires 5:45 p.m. Oct. 9); National Weather Service forecast for the point, generated 5:19 a.m. Oct. 9

Heritage Park Estates: the Oct. 14 rezoning would bring about 68 lots of a 145-acre county subdivision at Causbie Road and Old Airport Road into the city, with gated private streets kept by a homeowners' association

The staff report for case ZCH-26-0014 on the Planning & Zoning Commission's Oct. 14 agenda says the applicant, Richard Green, is requesting a zoning amendment for a portion of the Heritage Park Estates development, a proposed single-family residential development at the northeast corner of Causbie Road and Old Airport Road, and that the overall Heritage Park property consists of approximately 145 acres and is currently being developed as a residential subdivision in Parker County. The amendment is associated with the voluntary annexation of a portion of the development into the city: the annexation area includes approximately 68 residential lots, approximately 34 lots ranging from 9,000 to 12,000 square feet and 34 one-acre lots, and the remaining portion, approximately 48 two-acre residential lots, will remain outside the city limits and is not included in the zoning request. The request is for SF 7.5 Single Family zoning with a Planned Unit Development overlay that establishes development standards specific to Heritage Park and incorporates the proposed concept plan. The report says the property has previously been platted through Parker County and that the portion brought into the city would be required to be replatted through the city; that the development will include gated private streets, private drainage facilities and a private trail system owned and maintained by a homeowners' association rather than the city; and that the overlay requires each home to incorporate a minimum of five specified architectural features. Access is proposed primarily from Old Airport Road, with Lockwood Lane serving as gated emergency access only and a future street stub-out proposed for future phases. The zoning amendment is being considered concurrently with the voluntary annexation and a Development Agreement that sets the development standards, public improvement responsibilities and utility provisions for the portion proposed for the city. Surrounding zoning is R1 One Family Residential to the north and AG Agriculture to the west, with the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction to the south and east; the General Plan designation is Suburban Living. Staff recommends approval. The Ledger's report on the Dec. 22, 2025 Commissioners Court minutes records the county's approval of the final plat for Heritage Park Estates, released from the city's ETJ, 145.030 acres with 70 lots, and its acceptance of a special warranty deed for additional right-of-way for the subdivision in Precinct Three.

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Source: City of Weatherford Oct. 14, 2026 Planning & Zoning Commission agenda and agenda report 2026-1081-AR (Scott McDonald, Director of Development Services), read 5:22 a.m. Oct. 9; the Ledger's report on the Dec. 22, 2025 Parker County Commissioners Court minutes

1802 Old Brock Road fueling station: the Oct. 14 conditional-use request is identical to the one the council approved Aug. 26, 2025, staff says, with five conditions including no diesel advertising on billboards and No Overnight Parking signs

The staff report for case CUP-26-0007 says the applicant, Tony Rutigliano, is requesting a Conditional Use Permit for Fueling Station use on a 7.341-acre tract at 1802 Old Brock Road, zoned C2 Interstate Commercial with AG Agriculture on all four sides, with a General Plan designation of Regional Activity Center and Manufacturing and Warehouse. It says the original conditional use permit request was presented to the commission on August 13th of 2025, where it received a recommendation of approval, and was approved by the City Council on August 26th, 2025, and that the current request is identical to the previously approved permit with no changes proposed to the project: the site plan, building dimensions, site configuration and number of fuel pumps remain unchanged. The report does not state a reason for the new request. Staff recommends approval with five conditions: temporary signs, banners and other advertisements shall not be permitted on the property; the permit will be void if construction has not been started within 12 months of ordinance approval, and void if the certificate of occupancy has not been issued within 30 months of ordinance approval; no diesel advertising for the location on billboards, with an exception for one price sign; no advertising diesel for the location on trailblazers; and signage stipulating No Overnight Parking placed in and around the property.

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Source: City of Weatherford Oct. 14, 2026 Planning & Zoning Commission agenda report 2026-1078-AR (Scott McDonald, Director of Development Services), read 5:22 a.m. Oct. 9

North Weatherford Business Park plat returns to P&Z after the council's Aug. 25 denial; Hook'em Subdivision would combine two lots at East Simmons and Bois D Arc Street

The staff report for SBD-26-0008 says the commission previously voted 6-0 to recommend approval of the final plat for North Weatherford Business Park Addition, one lot on approximately 9.434 acres at 1726 North Main, at its August 12, 2026 meeting; that due to a concurrent lack of final action on the necessary annexation of the property, the plat was subsequently considered by the City Council and formally denied; and that as a result the plat is required to return to the commission for reconsideration. If approved, the plat would establish one legal lot, and all required public improvements must be completed and formally accepted by the city before the plat is recorded. The applicant is listed as Kellan Black and the existing zoning as AG Agriculture. The Ledger's report on the Aug. 25 council minutes records that Ordinance O2026-32, the annexation, failed for lack of a motion, that no hearing was held on the C1 rezoning, and that the council voted 5-0 to disapprove the final plat due to the lack of action on the annexation; the annexation and rezoning are on the council's Oct. 13 agenda. The staff report for SBD-26-0007, Hook'em Subdivision, one residential lot on approximately 0.336 acres at the northwest corner of East Simmons and Bois D Arc Street, says the purpose of the final plat is to combine two residential lots into one, that right-of-way dedication is required along Bois D Arc Street, and that staff reviewed the plat and determined it complies with the subdivision regulations, zoning requirements and other city development standards; the zoning is R2 Two Family Residential on the site and on all four sides. Staff recommends approval of both plats subject to all requirements of the Subdivision Ordinance.

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Source: City of Weatherford Oct. 14, 2026 Planning & Zoning Commission agenda reports 2026-1086-AR and 2026-1079-AR (Scott McDonald, Director of Development Services), read 5:22 a.m. Oct. 9; the Ledger's report on the Aug. 25, 2026 council minutes

Draft minutes of the P&Z's Aug. 12 meeting, attached to the Oct. 14 agenda: 6-0 votes to recommend the Clairemont Addition rezoning at 703 West Park Avenue, with nine speakers in support, and the Mathew Meadows, Stonegate, 616 Cove and 1726 North Main cases

The Oct. 14 agenda's item 2.a asks the commission to approve the minutes of its Aug. 12 meeting, and the draft minutes are attached. They record that six commission members were present and one absent, and that the commission voted 6-0 to recommend approval of a General Plan and Zoning Map Amendment from AG Agriculture to R3 Multifamily Residential with a Planned Unit Development overlay on an approximate 31.01-acre tract at 703 West Park Ave, case ZCH-26-0013, subject to two additions to the developer's agreement: the facade of any buildings not depicted in the renderings must be approved by the city and must match the style of the buildings shown in the renderings, and no certificates of occupancy shall be issued prior to substantial completion. The applicant spoke about the plans for the Clairemont Addition project and addressed questions; at the public hearing, which ran from 3:08 to 3:37 p.m., nine people spoke in support of the project and one questioned whether the funding mechanisms were in place, and the chair reported that two letters of support had been received. The commission voted 6-0 to recommend disapproval of the Clairemont Addition preliminary plat, four lots on the same 31.01 acres, after staff recommended disapproval due to outstanding corrections that had not yet been addressed. It also voted 6-0 to recommend approval of the preliminary and final plats for Mathew Meadows Estates, 27 residential lots on approximately 21.13 acres at 1609 Old Dicey Rd.; the final plat for Stonegate, two residential lots on approximately 0.508 acres along Cherry Street; the General Plan and Zoning Map Amendment from AG Agriculture to C1 General Commercial on the approximate 9.434-acre tract at 1726 North Main and the final plat for North Weatherford Business Park Addition on the same tract; and the final plat for 616 Cove, one lot on approximately 1.046 acres along Palo Pinto St. The meeting ran from 2:30 to 4:25 p.m. These are draft minutes until the commission approves them. The council took up the Clairemont, Mathew Meadows, Stonegate, 616 Cove and 1726 North Main items on Aug. 25; the Ledger's report on those minutes is on the meetings page.

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Source: Draft minutes of the Aug. 12, 2026 Planning & Zoning Commission meeting (08.12.26 PZC Minutes, three pages), attached to item 2.a of the Oct. 14 agenda on Granicus, read 5:22 a.m. Oct. 9; the Ledger's report on the Aug. 25, 2026 council minutes

District 3-6A on Thursday, per MaxPreps: Arlington Martin 63-14 at Arlington Sam Houston, Arlington 58-13 at Granbury; Weatherford plays at Arlington Lamar tonight and hosts Granbury, now 2-4, on Oct. 16

MaxPreps team pages compiled by the Ledger on Oct. 9 list Thursday's results as Arlington Martin 63-14 at Arlington Sam Houston and Arlington 58-13 at Granbury. In the Ledger's compilation, Arlington Martin is 6-0 and 3-0 in district, Arlington Bowie 3-2 and 2-0, Arlington 4-2 and 2-1, Aledo 2-3 and 1-1, Arlington Lamar 3-2 and 1-1, Weatherford 3-2 and 1-1, Arlington Sam Houston 3-3 and 0-3, and Granbury 2-4 and 0-3, in that order. Tonight, per the same pages, Weatherford plays at Arlington Lamar and Arlington Bowie plays at Aledo, both at 7 p.m. Granbury, Weatherford's opponent at Kangaroo Stadium on Oct. 16, is 0-3 at home and 2-1 away. The compilation orders teams by district winning percentage, then overall record, then point differential; it is not a UIL standing.

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Source: MaxPreps team pages for the eight District 3-6A teams, compiled by the Ledger at 5:24 a.m. Oct. 9

Burn ban: 154 counties on the state list stamped 8:25 a.m. Oct. 8, down from 157 on the Oct. 7 list and 163 on the Oct. 6 list; Parker County still listed, Hood, Johnson and Denton still not

The Texas A&M Forest Service list stamped 8:25 a.m. Oct. 8 carries 154 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 2:27 p.m. Oct. 7, as the Ledger's Oct. 8 edition carries it, had 157 counties, and the list stamped 2:05 p.m. Oct. 6, as the Oct. 7 edition carried it, had 163, with the same nine neighbors listed the same way each day.

Source: Texas A&M Forest Service burn-ban county list, feed stamp 10/8/2026 8:25:13 AM, read 5:18 a.m. Oct. 9; the Oct. 7 and Oct. 6 lists as the Ledger carried them in the Oct. 8 and Oct. 7 editions

Sept. 22 council and Sept. 24 utility board minutes still not posted as of Oct. 9, 17 and 15 days after the meetings; no new agendas, and the city, county and district feeds carry nothing new

The Granicus archive at 5:20 a.m. 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 agenda feed's newest entries are still the Oct. 14 Planning & Zoning Commission and Oct. 13 City Council agendas posted Oct. 7, and the page's upcoming-meetings list shows 103 rows from Oct. 13, 2026 to Dec. 30, 2027 with agenda and packet links on the Oct. 13 and Oct. 14 rows only. 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 still has the Oct. 6 National Principals Month notice as its newest item, and BoardBook still lists the Sept. 14 trustees meeting as the newest, with no minutes for it and no October meeting listed.

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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; Weatherford ISD news page; BoardBook organization 992; all read 5:19 to 5:21 a.m. Oct. 9

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

Weatherford is 3-2 and 1-1 in district and Arlington Lamar 3-2 and 1-1 in the Ledger's compilation of MaxPreps team pages refreshed Oct. 9, with Lamar 3-0 on the road and 0-2 at home; Lamar lost to Little Elm 30-10 and to Arlington Bowie 29-23 and beat Crowley 35-31, Northwest 33-15 and Arlington 41-31, per the same compilation. 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; the game is away, so the district's home-game ticketing page does not apply. Volleyball plays at Arlington Lamar High School at 5:30 p.m., per the district's page as of Oct. 9. Tonight in Weatherford: clear, low around 64, per the NWS.

Source: Weatherford ISD Athletics football and volleyball schedules, read Oct. 9; MaxPreps District 3-6A team pages, compiled Oct. 9; NWS forecast, generated 5:19 a.m. Oct. 9

Applications due today for the Weatherford ISD Facility Planning Committee

The district's Sept. 21 notice says the committee will examine the district's long-term facility and capital needs and help develop recommendations for consideration by the Board of Trustees, that 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: October 26, 2026, November 9, 2026, December 7, 2026 and January 7, 2027.

What you can do. Applications must be submitted by Friday, October 9, through the link in the district's notice.

Source: Weatherford ISD news, published September 21, 2026, read Oct. 9

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. 9

6th Annual Trash to Treasure Golf Tournament benefiting United Way of Parker County, Canyon West Golf Club, 160 Club House Dr.

Source: per Parker County Chamber of Commerce

City Council, 6 p.m., City Hall, 303 Palo Pinto St.: public hearings on impact fees and the 1726 North Main annexation and zoning

The agenda and packet posted to Granicus Oct. 7: a public hearing on the 2026 Impact Fee Study Update and Ordinance O2026-39, hearings on Ordinances O2026-32 and O2026-31 for 1726 North Main, Resolution R2026-21 on a notice of intention to issue certificates of obligation, and approval of the Sept. 22 minutes. 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 city's calendar lists the meeting from 6 to 7 p.m.; the agenda and packet are on Granicus.

Source: City of Weatherford Oct. 13, 2026 council agenda on Granicus and the city's calendar RSS, read Oct. 9; Weatherford ISD Athletics volleyball schedule, read Oct. 9

Planning & Zoning Commission, 2:30 p.m., City Hall, 303 Palo Pinto St.: Heritage Park Estates rezoning, Old Brock Road fueling station, two final plats

The agenda and packet posted to Granicus Oct. 7; the staff reports are above. The agenda also carries approval of the Aug. 12 minutes and a staff recommendation to reschedule the Nov. 11 meeting to Nov. 4.

What you can do. Public hearings on the Heritage Park Estates rezoning (ZCH-26-0014) and the 1802 Old Brock Road conditional use permit (CUP-26-0007) are on the agenda; the city's calendar lists the meeting from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Source: City of Weatherford Oct. 14, 2026 Planning & Zoning Commission agenda on Granicus and the city's calendar RSS, read Oct. 9

Coffee with a Cop, 9 a.m., 1225 Holland Lake Drive; Pet Vaccination and Microchip Clinic, 9 to 11 a.m., 403 Hickory Lane; cross country at AP Ranch, Fort Worth, 9:30 a.m.

What you can do. Both city events are on the city's calendar for Oct. 15; the cross country meet is on the district's schedule.

Source: City of Weatherford calendar RSS and Weatherford ISD Athletics cross country schedule, read Oct. 9

Kangaroos vs Granbury, 7 p.m., Kangaroo Stadium; volleyball vs Aledo, 5 p.m., NGC Activity Center; Movies in the Park: Casper, 7 p.m., 503 Santa Fe Drive

Granbury is 2-4 and 0-3 in district after Thursday's 58-13 loss to Arlington at home, per the Ledger's compilation of MaxPreps team pages.

What you can do. Kickoff 7 p.m. at Kangaroo Stadium and volleyball at 5 p.m. at the Weatherford NGC Activity Center, per Weatherford ISD Athletics; the movie is on the city's calendar from 7 p.m.

Source: Weatherford ISD Athletics football and volleyball schedules, read Oct. 9; MaxPreps team pages compiled Oct. 9; City of Weatherford calendar RSS, read Oct. 9

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