Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 84. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph. Wednesday Night: Clear. Low around 61, with temperatures rising to around 63 overnight. East northeast wind 0 to 5 mph. Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 85. North northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

Air Quality Alert: the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has issued an Ozone Action Day for the Dallas-Fort Worth area for Wednesday, October 7, 2026, per the alert issued October 6 at 3:12PM CDT by NWS Fort Worth TX, in effect through 6:15 p.m. Wednesday; the alert says atmospheric conditions are expected to be favorable for producing high levels of ozone air pollution in the Dallas-Fort Worth area on Wednesday, and 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. It was the only alert active for Aledo on the NWS alerts feed updated at 10:42 UTC.

Source: National Weather Service forecast for Aledo, updated 2026-10-07T06:33:15+00:00, and NWS active alerts for 32.6957 N, 97.6022 W, updated 2026-10-07T10:42:40+00:00, read Oct. 7

Burn ban: Parker County remains on the Texas A&M Forest Service list, 163 counties on the list stamped 10/6/2026 2:05:03 PM, 5 fewer than the 168 on the list stamped 10/5/2026 3:26:21 PM, the Ledger's arithmetic

Of Parker County's neighbors, Tarrant, Palo Pinto, Wise, Jack, Erath and Somervell are on the list and Hood, Denton and Johnson are not, the same nine as on the Oct. 5 list read for the Oct. 6 edition. The Ledger's day-by-day count since Sept. 17 is on the burn-ban page.

Where it stands: 90,400 acres in Palo Pinto County, 83% contained as of InciWeb's Sept. 12 update; cause listed as equipment use, under investigation. Parker County remains under a burn ban, one of 216 counties on the Forest Service list stamped 9/26/2026 8:23:40 AM.

Source: Texas A&M Forest Service burn-ban county list, stamped 10/6/2026 2:05:03 PM, read Oct. 7 by pipeline/fetch_burnban.py; the Ledger's burnban_history.json for Oct. 6 and Oct. 7

Aledo City Council, Oct. 1: CivicClerk still lists the Regular City Council Meeting with its 2026.10.01 Agenda and 2026.10.01 AP and the City Council Work Session with its 2026.10.01 WS Agenda, hasMedia false for both and no minutes for either as of the build; the votes on the FY 2026 budget amendment, the FY 2027 fee schedule, the purchasing policy, the e-bike ordinance and the Parker County Public Utility Agency resolution are not on the record

CivicClerk's event list for Sept. 3, Sept. 17 and Oct. 1 read Oct. 7 shows hasMedia false for each and only the agenda and agenda packet as published files for each regular meeting. The Ledger's agenda page carries the posted Oct. 1 agenda and packet; the actions will run when the minutes or a recording post.

Where it stands: Fourteen public entities are identified as initial participants in a county public utility agency for long-term water supply; Aledo's annual contribution would be $20,000 from the Enterprise Fund, and the initial payment is returned if the agency is not created by May 31, 2027. Aledo's council votes Oct. 1 on Resolution 2026-R-19 and the funding agreement. Willow Park's council was asked Sept. 22 to join and pay a $20,000 share due by Sept. 30; its vote was not on the record as of Sept. 27.

Source: CivicClerk event list for Sept. 3, Sept. 17 and Oct. 1, 2026, City of Aledo, read Oct. 7

Bandid's Mexican Restaurant, Willow Park: the state filing registered 10/6/2026 shows a 5,185-square-foot tenant finish-out of an existing building for a first-tenant restaurant at Willow Park North Building D, 490 Shops Blvd Building D, $450,000 estimated cost, start filed for 11/2/2026 and completion for 12/31/2026, status Project Registered

The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation's Architectural Barriers record TABS2027002879 lists the type of work as Renovation/Alteration, the owner as Willow Park North LLC of Cisco, the design firm as Stuckey Architects of Weatherford, and the project as privately funded, on private land for private use. No sales-tax permit at 490 Shops Blvd appears on the Comptroller's active list read Oct. 7; the newest permit in the footprint on that list is dated 10/2/2026, so there are no new sales-tax permits since the Oct. 6 edition.

Source: TDLR Architectural Barriers project TABS2027002879, read Oct. 7 (pipeline/fetch_tabs.py and the project page); Texas Comptroller, Active Sales Tax Permit Holders, read Oct. 7 (pipeline/fetch_new_businesses.py)

Wednesday, Oct. 7, 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.: Mahj & Mom's Night Out, 5700 Interstate 20 Frontage Rd, Willow Park, per Parker County Chamber of Commerce

What you can do. The chamber's listing is linked.

Thursday, Oct. 8, 6:00 PM: Aledo Planning and Zoning Commission, Council Chambers, Aledo Municipal Complex, 200 Old Annetta Road; public hearings on the 325 Old Annetta Road, LLC request to rezone Property ID #115527, 1.557 acres, and Property ID #40526, 0.473 acres, from Single-Family Residential District (R-1) to Downtown District (D-T), and on amendments to the Unified Development Code related to minimum off-street parking requirements for residential uses; a discussion-only review of Monument Sign and Temporary Sign regulations; the August 13, 2026 minutes on the consent agenda, per the agenda posted on October 2, 2026 3:46 PM on CivicClerk

What you can do. Sign in before the start to speak at public comment or at either public hearing; the agenda and the agenda packet with both staff memos are on CivicClerk, and the Oct. 6 edition read the packet.

Public hearings on the 325 Old Annetta Road, LLC request to rezone 1.557 acres and 0.473 acres from Single-Family Residential (R-1) to Downtown District (D-T), and on UDC amendments to minimum off-street parking requirements for residential uses; a discussion-only review of monument and temporary sign regulations, per the agenda posted October 2, 2026 3:46 PM on CivicClerk. The packet posted with it is the two-page agenda.

Friday, Oct. 9, 7:00 PM: Bearcats vs. Arlington Bowie, Tim Buchanan Stadium, Aledo, a district game, per the Ledger's schedule file from MaxPreps and Aledo ISD Athletics; 6:30 PM: volleyball vs. Bowie at Aledo, per Aledo ISD Athletics

What you can do. Kickoff 7 p.m. at Tim Buchanan Stadium; the game page carries the opponent's record and results per MaxPreps.

Aledo is 2-3 and 1-1 in District 3-6A after the 35-21 loss to Arlington Martin, per MaxPreps; Arlington Bowie was 3-2 and 2-0 as of Sept. 26. No Aledo game was listed for Oct. 2.

Where it stands: Aledo is 2-3 overall and 1-1 in District 3-6A after a 35-21 loss to Arlington Martin at Tim Buchanan Stadium on Sept. 25, per MaxPreps; no game is listed for Oct. 2, and Arlington Bowie, 3-2 and 2-0 per MaxPreps as of Sept. 26, comes to Tim Buchanan Stadium Oct. 9 at 7 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 10, 9:00 AM: Swimming invite, NISD Aquatic Center, Northlake, per Aledo ISD Athletics

What you can do. Every varsity schedule and result is on the Ledger's sports page; no result is posted for the Oct. 2 and Oct. 3 Chile Pepper XC Festival or the Oct. 3 swimming invite at the Keller ISD Pool as of the build.

Tuesday, Oct. 13, 6:00 PM: Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee Meeting, Aledo Community Center, 104 Robinson Ct., per CivicClerk, with no agenda posted as of the build; 6:30 PM: volleyball vs. Arlington at Aledo, per Aledo ISD Athletics

What you can do. Watch CivicClerk for the agenda; the Oct. 15 Regular City Council Meeting is listed with no agenda posted either.

CivicClerk lists the meeting for 6 p.m. at the Aledo Community Center, 104 Robinson Ct., with no agenda posted as of Oct. 4.

Wednesday, Oct. 14, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.: PCCC Membership Luncheon-Former Mayor Betsy Price, New River Fellowship 3252 E I-20 Hudson Oaks, 76087, per Parker County Chamber of Commerce

What you can do. The chamber's listing is linked.

Agendas: every posted agenda and packet for Aledo's council, Planning and Zoning Commission and the Aledo ISD board

Bearcats, every sport: varsity schedules and results from Aledo ISD Athletics