Sunday, October 11, 2026
Every edition is read by an editor before it is published.Football: Weatherford 35, Arlington Lamar 28 at Lamar on Friday, per MaxPreps
Why it matters. Catch-up edition: these items were read and sourced Oct. 8-10 and are carried here as of the dates on their source lines.
Downtown square: a proposed 10-year interlocal agreement would give the city authority to operate and maintain the four corners of the Courthouse Square and the county's York Avenue and West Spring Street parking lots. 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 record
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.
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
Downtown square: a proposed 10-year interlocal agreement would give the city authority to operate and maintain the four corners of the Courthouse Square and the county's York Avenue and West Spring Street parking lots
Item 8.g asks the council to authorize the City Manager to enter into an Interlocal Agreement with Parker County for the operation, management and maintenance of downtown properties. The staff memo says the city already maintains the stone walls, sidewalks and bollards around the Courthouse Square, plants the median flower beds, maintains the trees and paves and stripes the parking lots, and that the agreement formalizes those responsibilities at all four corners of the square and adds the county parking lots at York Avenue and West Spring Street, which the city does not currently maintain. Under the agreement the city would set parking and pedestrian rules, install signage, and approve 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 city would get a right of first refusal if the county sells the properties. The initial term is ten years with automatic ten-year renewals unless either party gives 180 days notice; the agreement does not transfer ownership. The memo lists the financial impact as N/A.
Source: City of Weatherford Oct. 13, 2026 council agenda, item 8.g, and agenda report 2026-1102-AR (Chad Marbut, Assistant City Manager), read 5:20 a.m. Oct. 8
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.
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
Coming up
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
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
Tools
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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