Thursday, September 24, 2026
Compiled from the record with an editorThursday: 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
Why it matters. The Baylor Scott & White registration with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation lists an estimated cost of $15,000,000 and 19,000 square feet, which is about $789 a square foot by the Ledger's arithmetic.
Project TABS2026009368, registered 1/6/2026 with a start date of 1/12/2026 and a completion date of 12/21/2026 as filed, lists 8 inpatient beds and 8 emergency department beds and a status of Review Complete; it is today's business brief. Aledo, 2-2 overall and 1-0 in District 3-6A per MaxPreps, hosts Arlington Martin, 4-0 and 1-0 per MaxPreps, at Tim Buchanan Stadium Friday at 7 p.m.; the National Weather Service forecast for Friday night is mostly cloudy with a low around 73. The Texas A&M Forest Service list stamped 9/23/2026 11:35:17 AM carries 218 counties, Parker among them, one more than the list stamped 9/21/2026.
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counties under a burn ban on the Texas A&M Forest Service list stamped 9/23/2026 11:35:17 AM, Parker County among them; 217 on the list stamped 9/21/2026 12:53:10 PM More
Source: Texas A&M Forest Service, Texas Burn Bans county list, read Sept. 24 (pipeline/fetch_burnban.py)
Weather
Today: mostly sunny, high near 97, heat index values as high as 100, east wind 5 to 10 mph. Tonight: partly cloudy, low around 71, with temperatures rising to around 73 overnight. Friday: mostly sunny, high near 96, east southeast wind around 5 mph.
Source: National Weather Service, Fort Worth, forecast for Aledo read Sept. 24, 5:46 a.m. CDT
Friday night, for the home game: mostly cloudy, low around 73, east southeast wind around 5 mph. Saturday: partly sunny, high near 97, with temperatures falling to around 94 in the afternoon.
No active National Weather Service alerts for the Aledo point as of 5:46 a.m.
Source: National Weather Service, Fort Worth, forecast and active alerts for the Aledo point, read Sept. 24, 5:46 a.m. CDT
The record
Burn ban: Parker County remains on the Texas A&M Forest Service list, 218 counties on the list stamped 9/23/2026 11:35:17 AM, one more than the 217 on the list stamped 9/21/2026
Source: Texas A&M Forest Service county list, read Sept. 24
District 3-6A standings, per MaxPreps as of Sept. 24: Arlington Martin 4-0 overall, 1-0 district; Arlington 3-1, 1-0; Aledo 2-2, 1-0; Arlington Bowie 2-2, 1-0; Arlington Sam Houston 3-1, 0-1; Arlington Lamar 2-2, 0-1; Granbury 2-2, 0-1; Weatherford 2-2, 0-1
The Ledger's table is a compilation from MaxPreps team pages, ordered by district win percentage, then overall, then point differential; UIL tiebreakers differ.
Where it stands: Aledo is 2-2 overall and 1-0 in District 3-6A after a 69-0 win at Granbury on Sept. 18, per MaxPreps; Arlington Martin, 4-0 per MaxPreps, comes to Tim Buchanan Stadium Sept. 25 at 7 p.m.
Source: MaxPreps team pages, compiled by the Ledger Sept. 24 (pipeline/fetch_standings.py)
New in town
Baylor Scott & White, Willow Park: what the state filing shows: a 19,000-square-foot small format hospital at 5400 E Interstate 20 Service Rd S, $15,000,000, start filed for Jan. 12, 2026 and completion for Dec. 21, 2026, 8 inpatient beds and 8 emergency department beds
Project TABS2026009368 was registered with TDLR's Architectural Barriers program on 1/6/2026 by 5400 Willow Park Properties, LLC of Pensacola, Florida as owner, with EBD JV LLC as tenant and HKS, Inc. Read the brief
Read: The TDLR project record · The Growth Ledger
Source: Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, Architectural Barriers project TABS2026009368, read Sept. 24; Texas Comptroller active sales tax permit holders, read Sept. 24
Coming up
Thursday, Sept. 24, 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.: Ribbon Cutting - Harvest of Aledo, 1043 Bailey Ranch Road Aledo, TX 76008, per Parker County Chamber of Commerce
What you can do. Details on the chamber's event page.
Friday, Sept. 25, 7 p.m.: Bearcats vs. Arlington Martin, Tim Buchanan Stadium; Arlington Martin is 4-0 overall and 1-0 in district per MaxPreps
What you can do. Kickoff 7 p.m.; tickets, the clear-bag list, the opponent's results and the BNN broadcast on the game-day page.
Where it stands: Aledo is 2-2 overall and 1-0 in District 3-6A after a 69-0 win at Granbury on Sept. 18, per MaxPreps; Arlington Martin, 4-0 per MaxPreps, comes to Tim Buchanan Stadium Sept. 25 at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 29, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.: Parker County Transportation Town Hall #3, Aledo (Thoroughfare Plan update), Don R. Daniel 9th Grade Campus Cafeteria, 990 Bailey Ranch Rd, Aledo 76008
What you can do. The Aledo session of the county's three town halls; the county's notice has the details.
Tuesday, Sept. 29, 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.: Ribbon Cutting - Rain Water Harvesting System - Town of Annetta, 450 Thunder Head Lane Annetta, 76008, per Parker County Chamber of Commerce
What you can do. Details on the chamber's event page.
Thursday, Oct. 1, 6 p.m.: Aledo City Council, Regular City Council Meeting, Council Chambers, Aledo Municipal Complex, 200 Old Annetta Road
What you can do. No agenda posted on CivicClerk as of the build; the Ledger reports it when it posts.
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