Sunday, September 20, 2026
Compiled from the record with an editorSunday: 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
Why it matters. Willow Park's Sept. 22 agenda asks the council to join the Parker County Public Utility Agency with a $20,000 first-year share due to the county by Sept. 30, per the staff briefing sheet.
Aledo beat Granbury 69-0 on Friday, per MaxPreps, and is 2-2 overall and 1-0 in district play; Arlington Martin, 4-0, comes to Tim Buchanan Stadium on Friday. Willow Park's Tuesday agenda, posted Sept. 16, carries the water agency, final plat approval for the 8.441-acre Tractor Supply Addition, a utility fee ordinance with higher water volumetric charges and deposits, and the Aledo and Fort Worth suit over Dean Ranch in closed session. The draft Sept. 8 minutes in the same packet record the council adopting its $0.429041 tax rate 5-0.
69-0
Aledo over Granbury in the District 3-6A opener, Sept. 18, per MaxPreps; 21 points in the first quarter and 35 in the second More
Source: MaxPreps game page, read Sept. 20
Weather
Today: a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1 p.m., partly sunny, high near 96 with a heat index as high as 100. Tonight: a 50% chance of showers and thunderstorms, low around 71. Monday: a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms, high near 93, heat index as high as 101.
Source: National Weather Service forecast for Aledo, read Sept. 20
The record
Bearcats 69, Granbury 0: the District 3-6A opener, per MaxPreps; 2-2 overall, 1-0 in district, Arlington Martin next
The MaxPreps game page lists the scoring by quarter as Aledo 21, 35, 7 and 6 and Granbury 0 in each quarter. Read the brief
Read: The game page · District 3-6A standings · MaxPreps game page
Source: MaxPreps game page, 2025 and 2026 schedules and District 3-6A standings, read Sept. 20
Willow Park City Council, Tuesday: join the county water agency for $20,000, approve the Tractor Supply plat, raise water charges and deposits; the Dean Ranch suit in closed session
The staff briefing sheet asks the council to approve the Parker County Public Utility Agency's creation and Willow Park's participation, the initial funding agreement with a $20,000 share due to the county by Sept. Read the brief
Read: The Dean Ranch tracker · Dean Ranch: the place page · The county water agency tracker · The agenda (PDF) · The packet (PDF)
Source: City of Willow Park, Sept. 22, 2026 agenda and packet, read Sept. 20
Willow Park adopted its $0.429041 tax rate and fiscal 2026-2027 budget Sept. 8, 5-0, per the draft minutes in the Sept. 22 packet
The draft minutes record Ordinance 947-26 adopting the budget, Ordinance 948-26 adopting a rate not to exceed $0.429041 per $100 valuation ($0.25929 for debt, $0.169112 for maintenance and operations), and Resolution 2026-34 ratifying a budget that raises $124,891, or 3.38%, more in property taxes than last year's, $179,174 of it from new property. Read the brief
Read: Estimate your 2026 bill
Source: City of Willow Park, Sept. 22, 2026 packet, draft minutes of Sept. 8, read Sept. 20
Aledo's Sept. 17 council meeting: no recording or minutes on CivicClerk as of this morning, so the votes on the golf cart and e-bike ordinances and the Shell variance are not on the record yet
CivicClerk lists the agenda and packet for the Sept. 17 meeting and, for the Sept. 3 meeting, the agenda and packet only.
Source: City of Aledo CivicClerk, read Sept. 20
Burn ban: Parker County remains on the Texas A&M Forest Service list, 217 counties on the list stamped 9/18/2026 8:20:25 AM
Source: Texas A&M Forest Service county list, read Sept. 20
Coming up
Monday, Sept. 21, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.: Parker County Transportation Town Hall #1 on the Thoroughfare Plan update, Peaster Intermediate School Cafeteria
What you can do. The Aledo session is Tuesday, Sept. 29, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., at the Don R. Daniel 9th Grade Campus Cafeteria, 990 Bailey Ranch Rd.
Tuesday, Sept. 22, 9 a.m.: Parker County Commissioners Court votes on the 2026 tax rate
What you can do. Estimate your bill before the vote.
Tuesday, Sept. 22, 6 p.m.: Willow Park City Council, City Hall, 120 El Chico Trail, Suite A; Aledo ISD Board of Trustees, 1008 Bailey Ranch Rd.
What you can do. Willow Park: turn in a speaker form at least five minutes before the start.
Friday, Sept. 25, 7 p.m.: Bearcats vs. Arlington Martin, Tim Buchanan Stadium
What you can do. Kickoff 7 p.m.; tickets and the clear-bag list on the game-day page.
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