Saturday, October 10, 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 90; clear tonight, low around 63; Sunday sunny, high near 91, with south wind gusts as high as 30 mph

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 2:19 p.m. Oct. 9 by NWS Fort Worth, in effect until 5:30 p.m. Oct. 10, 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 Saturday, October 10, 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 Saturday; 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 alert for Wednesday ran in the Ledger's Oct. 7 edition. The forecast: sunny today, high near 90, south-southwest wind 0 to 5 mph; tonight clear, low around 63, south wind 5 to 10 mph; Sunday sunny, high near 91, south wind 10 to 15 mph with gusts as high as 30 mph; Sunday night mostly clear, low around 69, with temperatures rising to around 71 overnight, gusts as high as 25 mph; Monday sunny, high near 89.

Source: NWS active-alerts feed for the courthouse point, updated 5:17 a.m. Oct. 10 (Air Quality Alert issued 2:19 p.m. Oct. 9, expires 5:30 p.m. Oct. 10); National Weather Service forecast for the point, generated 5:19 a.m. Oct. 10; the Oct. 7 alert from the Ledger's Oct. 7 edition

Football: Weatherford 35, Arlington Lamar 28 at Lamar on Friday, per MaxPreps; the Kangaroos are 4-2 and 2-1 in District 3-6A, fourth in the district on MaxPreps' page, and host Granbury on Oct. 16

The Kangaroos beat Arlington Lamar 35-28 at Lamar on Friday, Oct. 9, in a District 3-6A game, per MaxPreps; the district's football schedule lists the site as University of Texas at Arlington. MaxPreps' schedule page lists Weatherford at 4-2 overall and 2-1 in district, fourth in the district, 1-1 at home and 3-1 away, with 191 points scored and 161 allowed and a winning streak of two; the game page showed the final score and no quarter scores or player statistics as of 5:20 a.m. Saturday. The win follows the 59-10 win over Arlington Sam Houston at home on Sept. 25 and the 17-60 loss at Arlington Martin on Sept. 18. Next: Granbury at Kangaroo Stadium on Friday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m., per Weatherford ISD Athletics, then at Aledo Oct. 23, Arlington Bowie at home Oct. 30 and at Arlington Nov. 5, all district games, per MaxPreps. In the Ledger's compilation of the eight teams' MaxPreps pages refreshed Saturday morning, Arlington Martin is 6-0 and 3-0 after beating Arlington Sam Houston 63-14 on Thursday; Arlington is 4-2 and 2-1 after beating Granbury 58-13 on Thursday; Weatherford is 4-2 and 2-1; Aledo is 3-3 and 2-1 after beating Arlington Bowie 45-7 on Friday; Arlington Bowie is 3-3 and 2-1; Arlington Lamar is 3-3 and 1-2; Arlington Sam Houston is 3-3 and 0-3; and Granbury is 2-4 and 0-3. The compilation orders teams by district win percentage, then overall record, then point differential; it is not a UIL standing.

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Source: MaxPreps game page for Weatherford at Lamar, Oct. 9, 2026, and the Weatherford varsity football schedule page, read 5:20 a.m. Oct. 10; MaxPreps District 3-6A team pages, compiled by the Ledger Oct. 10; Weatherford ISD Athletics football schedule, read 5:18 a.m. Oct. 10

Volleyball: Kangaroos 3-0 at Arlington Lamar on Friday, their fifth straight win, per Weatherford ISD Athletics

The district's volleyball schedule lists the Oct. 9 match at Arlington Lamar High School as W 3 - 0. It is the Kangaroos' fifth straight win, after 3-0 over Arlington Bowie on Sept. 25, 3-0 over Arlington on Sept. 29, 3-1 over Arlington Martin on Oct. 2 and 3-0 at Arlington Sam Houston on Oct. 6; the schedule page shows 21 wins and 11 losses in the results posted so far this season, as the Ledger counts them as of Oct. 10. Next: Granbury at the Weatherford NGC Activity Center on Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 6:30 p.m., then Aledo at the NGC Activity Center on Friday, Oct. 16, at 5 p.m., per the same page.

Source: Weatherford ISD Athletics volleyball schedule page, read 5:18 a.m. Oct. 10

Council to consider a ten-year agreement giving the city authority over the county's downtown square properties and two county parking lots on Tuesday

Item 8.g on the City Council's Oct. 13 agenda asks the council to authorize the city manager to enter into an interlocal agreement between the City of Weatherford and Parker County for the operation, management and maintenance of downtown properties. The staff report says the city currently maintains and repairs the stone walls, sidewalks and bollards around the Courthouse Square, plants and manages the flower beds in the medians, maintains the trees, and paves and stripes the parking lots, and that the proposed agreement formalizes these responsibilities at all four corners of the downtown square and adds the county parking lots at York Avenue and West Spring Street, which the city does not currently maintain. Under the agreement, per the report, the city would have exclusive authority to operate, manage and maintain the properties, including setting parking and pedestrian rules, installing signage and related improvements, and approving license or encroachment agreements for business use; the county retains use of the properties for official county business, including court operations, and county-sponsored special events would go through the city's special event permit process. The agreement grants the city a right of first refusal should the county sell the properties; the initial term is ten years, with automatic ten-year renewals unless either party gives 180 days notice of non-renewal. The report says the agreement does not transfer property ownership and has no bearing on any responsibility to TxDOT roadways, lists the financial impact as N/A, and says staff recommends approval.

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Source: City of Weatherford City Council agenda for Oct. 13, 2026, item 8.g, and its staff agenda report (item number 2026-1102-AR, Chad Marbut, Assistant City Manager), read Oct. 10

Tuesday's consent agenda: seven items that add up to $2,042,081 in not-to-exceed amounts, as the Ledger adds them, from road materials to a Fire Station 3 generator

The seven consent items on the Oct. 13 council agenda, which the agenda says will be enacted with one motion unless one is pulled, carry these amounts: Bid #2026-019 for annual aggregate and materials for road improvements, a combined amount not to exceed $700,000, to Reynolds Asphalt and Construction Company as primary vendor for three hot-mix asphalt items and Texas Materials Group, Inc. as primary vendor for a fourth, with no award for base material, manufactured sand and utility rock, which the staff report says can be obtained directly from the supplier at a better value; five bidders responded when bids were opened Sept. 22. The third and final renewal of Bid Number 2023-015, miscellaneous concrete improvements, with Garcia Welding, not to exceed $600,000; the report says Public Works completed approximately 4,350 linear feet of curb and gutter, 8,620 square feet of driveway approaches and 2,851 square feet of sidewalk under the contract over the past year. Tyler Technologies support contracts for the city's Enterprise ERP, Municipal Justice, Criminal Case Manager and Content Management systems, not to exceed $267,000, for a renewal the report prices at $242,136 for Oct. 1, 2026 through Sept. 30, 2027 plus a contingency of approximately 10 percent. A construction contract with McDonald Municipal & Industrial for the Fire Station 3 Emergency Stand-by Power Generator project, not to exceed $230,081, the lowest of six bids opened Sept. 22; the report says the station opened in 2001 without a permanent backup generator, that FEMA selected the project for Hazard Mitigation Grant Program funding under project 4586-0263 in an award amount of $185,784 on a 90/10 cost share, that FEMA will reimburse up to $167,205.60 in eligible construction costs for an anticipated net city cost of $62,875.40, and that construction is expected to begin in November 2026 and finish by May 2027. Combined Fire Department and Police Department uniform purchases from M-Pak, Inc., not to exceed $130,000, which the report splits as up to $60,000 for police and up to $70,000 for fire. A services agreement with Siddons Martin Emergency Group, LLC for fire apparatus maintenance and repair, not to exceed $115,000, with labor rates of $190 per hour in shop and $200 per hour for field and after-hours service and parts at 10 percent below list; the report says the department's expenses with the company were $98,402.28 in FY25 and $126,809.05 in FY26. The FY27 Tarrant County Regional Auto Crimes Task Force interlocal agreement, under which the report says Tarrant County reimburses 80 percent of the salary and fringe benefits and 5 percent of the salary for overtime for a Weatherford investigator assigned to the task force, leaving the city responsible for approximately $26,777 and overtime that exceeds $4,799; the task force's seven-county service area includes Parker County. The $2,042,081 total is the Ledger's sum of the six dollar ceilings on the agenda; the task force agreement carries no ceiling on the agenda. Each report says staff recommends approval.

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Source: City of Weatherford City Council agenda for Oct. 13, 2026, items 7.a through 7.g, and the staff agenda reports for each (item numbers 2026-1074-AR, 2026-1080-AR, 2026-1091-AR, 2026-1094-AR, 2026-1096-AR, 2026-1100-AR and 2026-1101-AR), read Oct. 10; the total is the Ledger's arithmetic

Burn ban: 154 counties on the state list stamped 8:25 a.m. Oct. 8, still the newest list on Saturday morning; Parker County listed with six of its nine neighbors

The Texas A&M Forest Service list stamped 8:25 a.m. Oct. 8, which was still the current list when the Ledger read the feed at 5:18 a.m. Oct. 10, 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 2:05 p.m. Oct. 6, as the Ledger carried it Oct. 7, had 163 counties with the same nine neighbors listed the same way.

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. 10; the Oct. 6 list as the Ledger carried it in the Oct. 7 edition

Sept. 22 council and Sept. 24 utility board minutes still not posted as of Oct. 10, 18 and 16 days after the meetings; the Sept. 22 minutes come to the council for approval Tuesday

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 entries are the Oct. 14 Planning & Zoning Commission and Oct. 13 City Council agendas, both published Oct. 7. The Oct. 13 council agenda's item 6.a is approval of the minutes of the Sept. 22 meeting, with the minutes attached to the item. The archive page's upcoming-meetings list shows 103 meetings from Oct. 13, 2026 through 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.; BoardBook still lists the Sept. 14 trustees meeting as the newest, without minutes, and no October meeting; the district's news page still leads with the Oct. 6 National Principals Month 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-meetings list and agenda RSS; the Oct. 13 City Council agenda; City of Weatherford news flash and alert center RSS; Parker County news flash RSS; BoardBook organization 992; Weatherford ISD news page; all read 5:17 to 5:21 a.m. Oct. 10

Sales-tax permits, Oct. 3 to Oct. 9: 14 new outlets in the Weatherford ZIP codes, per the Comptroller

Big Brand Tire & Service #4024, 1315 N. Main St. (retail); Jennz, 300 S. Main St. Ste. 106, and Treasured Trinkets LLC, 1321 S. Lamar St. (personal or repair services); Homespun Harmony Creations, Grace & Grit Thoughtful Handcrafted Gifts, Long & Low Coffee Co, Dillydallydolly Atelier and Seven16 Group LLC (retail); Baggage You Deserve, Javabones Custom Rods, LLC and Lazy 8 Leather (manufacturing); Novaacetech LLC (information); Square D Services (transportation); and Bettger Property Maintenance (business services). Three of the 14 list a street address and 11 are home-based by the Comptroller's indicator; seven 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, 2011 to Nov. 15, 2026. Categories follow the industry code on the permit; a permit is not an opening date.

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Source: Texas Comptroller, Active Sales Tax Permit Holders (data.texas.gov dataset jrea-zgmq), outlets in ZIPs 76086, 76087 and 76088 with permit dates Oct. 3 to Oct. 9, 2026, fetched Oct. 10

Kangaroos vs. Granbury, 7 p.m., Kangaroo Stadium, District 3-6A

Weatherford is 4-2 and 2-1 in district and Granbury 2-4 and 0-3 after a 58-13 loss at home to Arlington on Thursday, per the Ledger's compilation of MaxPreps team pages refreshed Oct. 10; Weatherford ISD Athletics lists the game at Kangaroo Stadium at 7 p.m.

What you can do. Kickoff 7 p.m. Friday at Kangaroo Stadium, per Weatherford ISD Athletics; tickets through the district's HomeTown Ticketing page. Volleyball hosts Aledo the same day at 5 p.m. at the Weatherford NGC Activity Center, and the city's Movies in the Park shows Casper at 7 p.m. at 503 Santa Fe Drive.

Source: Weatherford ISD Athletics football and volleyball schedules, read Oct. 10; MaxPreps District 3-6A team pages, compiled Oct. 10; City of Weatherford calendar RSS, read Oct. 10

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

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

Source: City of Weatherford calendar RSS, read Oct. 10

Weatherford College Lone Star Region Rodeo, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Parker County Sheriff's Posse, 2251 Mineral Wells Highway

Source: per Parker County Chamber of Commerce

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.: hearings on impact fees, the 1726 North Main annexation and zoning, a $3 million certificates-of-obligation notice, the downtown agreement

The agenda posted Oct. 7 lists public hearings on Ordinance O2026-39 amending water, wastewater and roadway impact fees, on Ordinance O2026-32 for the voluntary annexation of a 9.434-acre tract at 1726 North Main and on Ordinance O2026-31 changing that tract from Agriculture to General Commercial; Resolution R2026-21 directing publication of notice of intention to issue up to $3,000,000 in Tax and Utility System Surplus Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Taxable Series 2027, for utility system improvements; the purchase of self-contained breathing apparatus and related equipment from Casco Industries, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $745,497.53; the Texas Municipal League Region 8 director ballot; the downtown interlocal agreement with the county; the Sept. 22 minutes; two proclamations; and an executive session on economic development negotiations listed as Project Apex.

What you can do. Residents who want to speak on a non-agenda item turn in a speaker card to the secretary five minutes before the start; comments are limited to three minutes, per the agenda. Volleyball hosts Granbury the same evening at 6:30 p.m. at the Weatherford NGC Activity Center, per Weatherford ISD Athletics.

Source: City of Weatherford City Council agenda for Oct. 13, 2026, read Oct. 10; City of Weatherford calendar RSS, read Oct. 10; Weatherford ISD Athletics volleyball schedule, read Oct. 10

Planning & Zoning Commission, 2:30 p.m., City Hall: Old Brock Road fueling station, Heritage Park Estates zoning, two plats, the November meeting date

The agenda posted Oct. 7 lists a public hearing on a conditional use permit for fueling station use on an approximate 7.341-acre tract at 1802 Old Brock Road (CUP-26-0007); a public hearing on a zoning map amendment from Agriculture to Single Family 7.5 with a Planned Unit Development overlay on an approximate 48-acre tract at the northeast corner of Causbie Road and Old Airport Road (ZCH-26-0014, with Heritage Park Estates design standards attached); final plats for Hook'em Subdivision, one residential lot on approximately 0.336 acres at East Simmons and Bois D Arc Street (SBD-26-0007), and North Weatherford Business Park Addition, one lot on approximately 9.434 acres at 1726 North Main (SBD-26-0008); approval of the Aug. 12 minutes; and rescheduling the Nov. 11 regular meeting, which staff recommends moving to Nov. 4, due to the observance of Veterans Day. Staff recommends approval of each case.

What you can do. Both hearings are open to the public; the commission's recommendations go to the council. Speaker cards for non-agenda items are due five minutes before the start, per the agenda.

Source: City of Weatherford Planning & Zoning Commission agenda for Oct. 14, 2026, read Oct. 10; City of Weatherford calendar RSS, read Oct. 10

Coffee with a Cop, 9 a.m., 1225 Holland Lake Drive; Pet Vaccination and Microchip Clinic, 9 to 11 a.m., 403 Hickory Lane

Both are on the city's calendar for Oct. 15. The Kangaroos cross country teams run at AP Ranch in Fort Worth at 9:30 a.m. the same morning, per Weatherford ISD Athletics.

What you can do. The clinic runs 9 to 11 a.m. at 403 Hickory Lane, per the city's calendar.

Source: City of Weatherford calendar RSS (EID 7114 and 7107), read Oct. 10; Weatherford ISD Athletics cross country schedule, read Oct. 10

District 3-6A standings, refreshed every Saturday

The Ledger's compilation of the eight teams' MaxPreps pages, with each team's results and next game, rebuilt from the data fetched Oct. 10.

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