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• Monday, October 19, 2026Monday: early voting for Nov. 3 opens today; Aledo ISD trustees meet Tuesday at 6 p.m. with the superintendent's 2026-27 contract, a donation of district land to Parker County and a cellular antenna purchase on the agenda; and Thursday's Library Board packet rewrites how residents ask the library to reconsider a book (with an editor)
• Sunday, October 18, 2026Sunday: early voting for the Nov. 3 election starts Monday and runs through Oct. 30, with Willow Park's Proposition A (Home Rule Charter) and Proposition B ($10,110,000 in certificates of obligation) on the ballot; the Forest Service burn-ban list is down to 149 counties, Parker still on it; Willow Park's council meets Tuesday at 6 p.m.; and the 4-3 Bearcats host Weatherford Friday at 7 p.m., both teams 3-1 in District 3-6A (with an editor)
• Saturday, October 17, 2026Saturday: ALEDO-FEST is today, 1 to 5 p.m., at Aledo High School, sunny with a high near 63; Aledo beat Arlington 42-28 Friday night and is 4-3, 3-1 in District 3-6A, second, with Weatherford at home next Friday; Hines bought the 1,476-acre Brown Ranch north of Walsh Ranch, with about 3,800 homes planned in Aledo ISD; the Forest Service burn-ban list is down to 150 counties, Parker still on it; and early voting starts Monday, with Willow Park's Proposition B, up to $10.1 million in certificates of obligation for Squaw Creek Road-area work, on the ballot (with an editor)
• Friday, October 16, 2026Friday: the National Weather Service has Parker County under a Wind Advisory from 4 a.m. to 7 p.m. CDT, north winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph, on a burn-ban day and the night the Bearcats (3-3, 2-1) play at Arlington at 7; Aledo swept the District 3-6A cross country titles Thursday, the boys with a perfect 15; Aledo ISD and the Walsh family announced a donation of nearly 13 acres on Quail Meadow Drive for a future elementary site; the Forest Service list dropped to 151 counties, Parker still on it; Annetta has posted its approved Sept. 17 minutes; and Willow Park's Prop B, a vote on up to $10.1 million in certificates of obligation for Squaw Creek Road-area work, goes to voters with early voting starting Monday (with an editor)
• Thursday, October 15, 2026Thursday: the Aledo City Council meets at 6:00 PM on food trucks, a $135,082 wastewater UV maintenance agreement, the building-permit ordinance, the Atmos tariff and Dean Ranch in executive session, with the Oct. 1 minutes recording the Dean Ranch settlement vote on consent; Annetta's council meets at 7 p.m.; the Forest Service burn-ban list, restamped 10/14/2026 8:17:08 AM, is back to 153 counties with Parker County on it; the NWS forecast is mostly sunny with a high near 90 and a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm (with an editor)
• Wednesday, October 14, 2026Wednesday: the Forest Service burn-ban list, restamped 10/13/2026 3:10:29 PM, carries 154 counties, Parker County among them, one more than the 153 read Tuesday; the NWS forecast is mostly sunny with a high near 94 and heat index values as high as 101, then a chance of rain showers Thursday night and a north wind of 25 to 30 mph with gusts as high as 45 mph Friday; the council meets Thursday at 6:00 PM with food trucks, sign regulations, the building-permit ordinance, the Atmos tariff and Dean Ranch in executive session on the agenda (with an editor)
• Tuesday, October 13, 2026Tuesday: Popeye's Willow Park, a 2,350-square-foot conversion of a Taco Bueno on the I-20 Frontage Road, $80,000, with a completion date of 9/28/2026 as filed and a status of Project Registered on the state's record; volleyball beat Bowie 3-0 on Oct. 9 and hosts Arlington at 6:30 PM tonight, per Aledo ISD Athletics; the Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee takes up the Aledo Parks Master Plan at 6:00 PM; the Forest Service burn-ban list, restamped 10/12/2026 11:34:42 AM, carries 153 counties, Parker County among them; mostly sunny, high near 91, heat index as high as 98 (with an editor)
• Monday, October 12, 2026Monday: five new sales-tax permits in the footprint, among them Mr Gatti Hudson Oaks at 2801 E Interstate 20, Southwest Ford, Inc. at 3120 E Interstate 20 and Bandidas Willow Park, LLC at 490 Shops Blvd, per the Comptroller's active permit list; Thursday's council packet carries a proposed $20 annual registration for individual food trucks, a $135,082 wastewater UV maintenance agreement and an ordinance ending the council's 1977-era approval of individual building permits; the Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee takes up the Aledo Parks Master Plan Tuesday at 6 p.m.; Parker County stays on the Forest Service burn-ban list of 154 counties stamped 10/8/2026 8:25:13 AM; mostly sunny, high near 90, south wind gusting to 25 mph (with an editor)
• Sunday, October 11, 2026Sunday: nothing new posted to the record overnight, and a correction: Willow Park's $10,110,000 certificates measure is Proposition B on the county's ballot, not Proposition A; Parker County stays on the Texas A&M Forest Service burn-ban list of 154 counties stamped 10/8/2026 8:25:13 AM; the week ahead holds the Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee on the Aledo Parks Master Plan Tuesday at 6 p.m., the City Council Thursday at 6 p.m. with the Oct. 1 minutes, a $135,082 wastewater UV maintenance agreement and the Atmos rate tariff on the agenda, and the Bearcats at Arlington Friday at 7:00 PM; mostly sunny, high near 91, south wind gusting to 30 mph (with an editor)
• Saturday, October 10, 2026Saturday: the Bearcats beat Arlington Bowie 45-7 at home, per MaxPreps, and are 3-3 overall and 2-1 in District 3-6A, with the next game at Arlington on Friday, Oct. 16, at 7:00 PM; the Oct. 1 draft minutes in the Oct. 15 council packet record a unanimous vote to approve the settlement for Aledo and Fort Worth v. Willow Park, Beall-Dean Ranch, and Parker County, with Councilman Todd Covington abstaining; the burn-ban list stands at 154 counties, Parker still on it; TCEQ has issued an Ozone Action Day for today; sunny, high near 91 (with an editor)
• Friday, October 9, 2026Friday: the Oct. 15 City Council agenda, posted October 8, 2026 3:06 PM, carries a Kingdom Technology Services maintenance agreement for the Wastewater Treatment Plant UV Disinfectant System, Ordinance No. 2026-O-29 on building permits, Ordinance No. 2026-O-30 on an Atmos Energy Rate Review Mechanism tariff, work sessions on food trucks and sign regulations, the Oct. 1 minutes on the consent agenda and Dean Ranch in executive session; the Bearcats host Arlington Bowie at 7 p.m. at Tim Buchanan Stadium; the burn-ban list drops to 154 counties, Parker still on it; TCEQ has issued an Ozone Action Day for today; sunny, high near 89 (with an editor)
• Thursday, October 8, 2026Thursday: the Planning and Zoning Commission meets at 6 p.m. tonight on the 325 Old Annetta Road rezoning and the residential off-street parking amendments; the burn-ban list drops to 157 counties, Parker still on it; a state filing registers Christian Brothers Automotive, a 6,556-square-foot new automotive repair shop at 100 Business Park Drive in Hudson Oaks, $1,100,000 as filed; the Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee's Oct. 13 agenda is one item, the Aledo Parks Master Plan; the Comptroller's October sales tax allocation to the city is $220,670.83, 0.49% below October 2025; the Oct. 1 council votes are still not on the record; TCEQ has issued an Ozone Action Day for today; sunny, high near 87 (with an editor)
• Wednesday, October 7, 2026Wednesday: TCEQ has issued an Ozone Action Day for the Dallas-Fort Worth area for today, per the NWS Air Quality Alert; the burn-ban list drops to 163 counties, Parker still on it; a state filing registers Bandid's Mexican Restaurant, a 5,185-square-foot tenant finish-out at 490 Shops Blvd Building D in Willow Park, $450,000 as filed; the Planning and Zoning Commission meets Thursday on the 325 Old Annetta Road rezoning and the residential parking amendments; the Oct. 1 council votes are still not on the record; sunny today, high near 84 (with an editor)
• Tuesday, October 6, 2026Tuesday: the Oct. 8 Planning and Zoning packet is now 24 pages, with a staff memo recommending approval of the 325 Old Annetta Road rezoning, a staff memo recommending approval of the residential off-street parking amendments, and the Aug. 13 draft minutes showing a recommendation to rezone 112 Robert Street with one dissenting vote; the burn-ban list drops to 168 counties, Parker still on it; volleyball beat Granbury 3-0 on Oct. 2; the Oct. 1 council votes are still not on the record; sunny today, high near 84 (with an editor)
• Monday, October 5, 2026Monday: the deadline to register to vote in the November 3, 2026 election is today, October 5, 2026, per votetexas.gov; the Oct. 1 council votes on the FY 2026 budget amendment, the FY 2027 fee schedule, the e-bike ordinance and the Parker County Public Utility Agency are still not on the record; the Planning and Zoning Commission's Oct. 8 public hearing on rezoning 325 Old Annetta Road stands; the burn-ban list drops to 191 counties, Parker still on it; sunny today, high near 82 (with an editor)
• Saturday, October 3, 2026Saturday: the Planning and Zoning Commission posted its Oct. 8 agenda, with a public hearing on rezoning 325 Old Annetta Road from R-1 to Downtown District and a hearing on minimum off-street parking for residential uses; the burn-ban list drops to 192 counties, Parker still on it; no Bearcats football game was listed for Oct. 2, and Arlington Bowie comes to Tim Buchanan Stadium Oct. 9; showers and thunderstorms today, high near 74 (with an editor)
• Friday, October 2, 2026Friday: a new Flood Watch for Parker County runs until 7:00PM CDT tonight, with showers and thunderstorms likely today and a high near 80; the burn-ban list drops to 208 counties, Parker still on it; the Oct. 1 council votes are not yet on the record; volleyball, Granbury at Aledo, 6:30 p.m. (with an editor)
• Thursday, October 1, 2026Thursday: the Aledo City Council meets tonight, a 5 p.m. work session on Dean Ranch and a 6 p.m. regular meeting with public hearings on the FY 2026 budget amendment and the FY 2027 fee schedule; the Flood Watch for Parker County runs through Friday morning; the burn-ban list drops to 215 counties, Parker still on it (with an editor)
• Wednesday, September 30, 2026Wednesday: a Flood Watch for Parker County from 4 p.m. today through Friday morning, with widespread 2 to 4 inches of rain in the forecast; the council's Dean Ranch work session and budget hearings Thursday; Coder Elementary named a Lone Star Ribbon School (with an editor)
• Tuesday, September 29, 2026Tuesday: the county's Thoroughfare Plan town hall in Aledo tonight; Parker County stays on the burn-ban list at 216 counties; the council's Dean Ranch work session and public hearings Thursday (with an editor)
• Monday, September 28, 2026Monday: the week ahead at city hall, with Thursday's public hearings on the FY 2026 budget amendment and the FY 2027 fee schedule; the county's transportation town hall in Aledo Tuesday; an Ozone Action Day today (with an editor)
• Sunday, September 27, 2026Sunday: the adopted golf cart and e-bike rules in plain terms; what the council passed Sept. 3, from the draft minutes; the Growth Ledger's week of Oct. 2; a correction on the Aledo ISD class-size waivers (with an editor)
• Saturday, September 26, 2026Saturday: Aledo 21, Arlington Martin 35 at Tim Buchanan Stadium, per MaxPreps; the Bearcats are 2-3 and 1-1 in District 3-6A, with Arlington Bowie at home Oct. 9; the Oct. 1 council agenda, posted Friday, carries a $1,831,476 budget amendment, the FY 2027 fee schedule and the Parker County Public Utility Agency (with an editor)
• Thursday, September 24, 2026Thursday: the state filing for Baylor Scott & White in Willow Park lists a $15,000,000, 19,000-square-foot small format hospital with a completion date of Dec. 21, 2026 as filed; the Bearcats host Arlington Martin Friday at 7 p.m.; 218 counties on the burn-ban list (with an editor)
• Tuesday, September 22, 2026Tuesday: the county votes on its tax rate at 9 a.m., Aledo ISD's board and Willow Park's council meet at 6 p.m., and the state filing for Tractor Supply in Willow Park lists a $6,000,000, 22,122-square-foot store starting Nov. 2; an Ozone Action Day for Parker County (with an editor)
• Monday, September 21, 2026Monday: Aledo ISD's board takes up three $161,913 school buses, class-size waivers at seven elementary campuses and $197,333.39 in cell antennas Tuesday; the county votes on its tax rate at 9 a.m. and Willow Park on the water agency at 6 p.m.; 217 counties under a burn ban (with an editor)
• Sunday, September 20, 2026Sunday: the Bearcats won their District 3-6A opener 69-0 at Granbury; Willow Park's council takes up joining the county water agency, the Tractor Supply plat and new water rates Tuesday, with the Dean Ranch suit listed for closed session with the words Mediated Settlement Agreement & Mutual Release (with an editor)
• Friday, September 18, 2026Friday: the Bearcats open District 3-6A at Granbury at 7 p.m.; the council's votes on the golf cart and e-bike ordinances and the Shell alcohol variance wait on the minutes; an Ozone Action Day for Dallas-Fort Worth; 217 counties under a burn ban; and a $1,250,000 Walmart remodel filed for Hudson Oaks (with an editor)
• Wednesday, September 16, 2026Wednesday: the Sept. 17 council packet is posted, and it puts numbers on tomorrow's votes: a 77-foot gap in the Shell alcohol variance, a $20 food truck registration, $300 short-term rental permits, and the golf cart rules a licensed driver would have to meet (with an editor)
• Friday, September 11, 2026Friday: the Sept. 17 council agenda posted this afternoon lists a potential settlement agreement in the Willow Park suit for closed session, the golf-cart and e-bike ordinances for votes and an alcohol-sales variance hearing for Aledo Shell; a Goddard School is on the state's books for Willow Park; September sales tax pushes 2026 past $2 million (with an editor)
• Wednesday, September 9, 2026Wednesday: a Heat Advisory until 8 p.m.; the county sets three transportation town halls, Aledo's on Sept. 29; Willow Park's planning-committee applications are set to open today (with an editor)
• Tuesday, September 8, 2026Tuesday: Willow Park's council votes tonight on its budget and a $0.429041 tax rate, with the Dean Ranch case listed for closed session as a Mediation Settlement Agreement (with an editor)
• Monday, September 7, 2026Monday: Annetta North's council takes up two rezonings and the FM 5 property Tuesday (with an editor)
• Sunday, September 6, 2026Sunday: no school Monday, and the burn ban holds (with an editor)
• Saturday, September 5, 2026Saturday, and the Bearcats are 0-2 (with an editor)
• Friday, September 4, 2026Friday, and the first home game of the 6A era (with an editor)

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