Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 94. Heat index values as high as 101. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Wednesday Night: Mostly clear. Low around 68, with temperatures rising to around 71 overnight. Heat index values as high as 98. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Thursday: Mostly sunny. High near 90, with temperatures falling to around 88 in the afternoon. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Thursday Night: A chance of rain showers after 7pm. Partly cloudy. Low around 58, with temperatures rising to around 61 overnight. North northeast wind 5 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Friday: A chance of rain showers before 7am. Partly sunny. High near 67, with temperatures falling to around 65 in the afternoon. North wind 25 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

No watches, warnings or advisories were active for Aledo on the NWS alerts feed updated 2026-10-14T10:46:51+00:00. The forecast lists a 7 percent chance of precipitation Wednesday, 13 percent Wednesday night, 9 percent Thursday, 37 percent Thursday night, 27 percent Friday and 0 percent Friday night, when the low is around 47 with a north wind 10 to 25 mph and gusts as high as 40 mph; the Bearcats' game at Arlington is Friday at 7:00 PM.

Source: National Weather Service forecast for Aledo (gridpoint FWD 59,101), generated 2026-10-14T10:04:05+00:00, and NWS active alerts for 32.6957 N, 97.6022 W, updated 2026-10-14T10:46:51+00:00, read Oct. 14

Burn ban: Parker County remains on the Texas A&M Forest Service list, now 154 counties on a list restamped 10/13/2026 3:10:29 PM, one more than the 153 on the list stamped 10/12/2026 11:34:42 AM that the Ledger read Tuesday

The Forest Service feed fetched Oct. 14 at 10:46 UTC carries the stamp 10/13/2026 3:10:29 PM. 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 Oct. 9 through Oct. 13. The Ledger's day-by-day record on the burn-ban page shows Parker County on the list at each of its 23 reads since Sept. 17, when the list carried 214 counties; today's 154 is the first read since Oct. 1 at which the count rose, the Ledger's reading of its own record.

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 10/13/2026 3:10:29 PM, read Oct. 14 by pipeline/fetch_burnban.py; content/data/burnban_history.json, the Ledger's capture at each build since 2026-09-17

The watched record, Wednesday morning: no new agenda, packet or minutes on CivicClerk since the Oct. 15 council packet; the city's news list's newest entry is still dated Aug 20, 2026; the county's news flash feed and the Ledger's live feed carried no items; no new state construction registrations and no new sales-tax permits in the footprint since 10/9/2026; Tuesday's volleyball result vs. Arlington not yet posted

CivicClerk, read Oct. 14 at 10:46 UTC, lists 15 upcoming meetings and 1 with agenda text, the Regular City Council Meeting of Oct. 15, Agenda Posted on October 8, 2026 3:06 PM; the Oct. 13 Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee Meeting has dropped off the upcoming list. The city's news list carries five entries, the newest dated Aug 20, 2026. The Parker County news flash RSS, built Wed, 14 Oct 2026 05:47:11 -0600, carried no items, and the Ledger's live feed carried none. The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation registrations showed 0 new projects since the last run, 81 projects in the three cities since 2025. The Comptroller's active sales-tax permit list, read Oct. 14, shows 163 permits in the footprint since 2026-04-17, the newest issued 2026-10-09, all of them reported in earlier editions. The district's volleyball schedule, read Oct. 14, still shows the team at 3-2-0 and no result for the Oct. 13 match vs. Arlington at Aledo; the next matches listed are Sam Houston at Aledo on Oct. 20 and Lamar at Aledo on Oct. 23, both at 6:30 PM. MaxPreps, read Oct. 14, lists Aledo football at 3-3 after W 45-7 vs. Arlington Bowie on Oct. 9, with the next game at Arlington on Oct. 16. The district's news page was fetched, but its list of articles did not render in the page the Ledger read, so nothing from it is reported today. The Fort Worth Report feed carried 10 items, none in the footprint.

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Source: CivicClerk portal for the City of Aledo, read Oct. 14 by pipeline/fetch_civicclerk.py; https://www.aledotx.gov/_includes_/published/news_list.json, https://www.parkercountytx.gov/RSSFeed.aspx?ModID=1&CID=All-newsflash.xml, https://aledoledger.com/live/feed.xml and https://www.aledoisd.org/aledo-isd-news, read Oct. 14; TDLR Architectural Barriers registrations, read Oct. 14 by pipeline/fetch_tabs.py; Texas Comptroller, Active Sales Tax Permit Holders, read Oct. 14 by pipeline/fetch_new_businesses.py; Aledo ISD Athletics, girls volleyball schedule, read Oct. 14 by pipeline/fetch_athletics.py; MaxPreps Aledo football schedule, read Oct. 14 by pipeline/fetch_maxpreps.py; Fort Worth Report RSS, read Oct. 14 by pipeline/fetch_rss.py

Thursday, Oct. 15, 6:00 PM: Regular City Council Meeting, Aledo City Council, Council Chambers, Aledo Municipal Complex, 200 Old Annetta Road, per the agenda posted October 8, 2026 3:06 PM on CivicClerk: work sessions on food trucks and on monument and temporary sign regulations; the October 1, 2026 work session and regular meeting minutes and appointments to the Fort Worth Wholesale Water Customer Advisory Committee for FY2027 on consent; a maintenance agreement with Kingdom Technology Services for the Wastewater Treatment Plant UV Disinfectant System; Ordinance No. 2026-O-29 amending Chapter 10 Building and Building Regulations, Sections 10-48 through 10-52; Ordinance No. 2026-O-30 approving a tariff authorizing an annual Rate Review Mechanism as negotiated between Atmos Energy Corp., Mid-Tex Division and the Steering Committee of Cities served by Atmos; the City of Aledo's vote in the Texas Municipal League Region 8 Director Election; a proclamation recognizing October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month; and Dean Ranch Development, Downtown Development, the Dean Ranch Development Agreement and the Zoning Board of Adjustment in executive session, with appointments to the Zoning Board of Adjustment listed for action afterward

What you can do. Sign in before the start of the meeting and give the paper to the City Secretary to speak at Citizen Appearances, normally limited to 3 minutes; the agenda and the packet are on CivicClerk, and the Ledger's agenda page carries the items.

CivicClerk listed the meeting with no agenda posted as of Oct. 4. The Oct. 1 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 were not on the record as of Oct. 4; the Oct. 1 minutes are the document to watch for.

Where it stands: Aledo and Fort Worth's suit against Willow Park over the 320-acre Beall-Dean Ranch tract, with Parker County added as a defendant, was pending in the 43rd District Court as of Oct. 11. The draft minutes in Aledo's Oct. 15 packet record that the council on Oct. 1 approved the settlement for Aledo and Fort Worth v. Willow Park, Beall-Dean Ranch, and Parker County by unanimous vote, Councilman Todd Covington abstaining due to a conflict of interest, after a work session with the Dean Ranch developers; the minutes do not describe the terms, and no filing closing the case was on the record. Dean Ranch Development is listed for executive session again Oct. 15.

Texas law requires agendas to be posted at least 72 hours before a meeting. Citizen comments at Aledo council meetings are limited to three minutes; sign in before the meeting starts.

Source: Regular City Council Meeting agenda for Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 6:00 PM, CivicClerk file 2026.10.15 Agenda (pipeline/out/agenda-65.pdf), Agenda Posted on October 8, 2026 3:06 PM, read Oct. 14

Thursday, Oct. 15: cross country, District, Athletic Performance Ranch, per Aledo ISD Athletics; 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.: Ribbon Cutting - Spectrum, Los Vaqueros (Before B2B) 4899 E Interstate 20 Service Rd S Willow Park, TX 76087, per Parker County Chamber of Commerce

What you can do. The district's schedule lists no start time for the meet; the chamber's listing for the ribbon cutting is linked.

Source: Aledo ISD Athletics, cross country schedule, read Oct. 14 by pipeline/fetch_athletics.py; Parker County Chamber of Commerce events feed, read Oct. 14 by pipeline/fetch_events.py

Friday, Oct. 16, 7:00 PM: Bearcats at Arlington, Arlington, a district game, per Aledo ISD Athletics and MaxPreps; Aledo is 3-3 after the 45-7 win over Arlington Bowie on Oct. 9, per MaxPreps as of Oct. 14; the NWS forecast for Friday is partly sunny, high near 67, north wind 25 to 30 mph with gusts as high as 45 mph, and a low around 47 Friday night

What you can do. Kickoff 7 p.m. at Arlington; the game page carries the schedule and results per MaxPreps.

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.

Source: Aledo ISD Athletics football schedule and MaxPreps Aledo football schedule, read Oct. 14; NWS forecast for Aledo generated 2026-10-14T10:04:05+00:00

Saturday, Oct. 17, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.: ALEDO-FEST, Aledo High School - south parking lots 1008 Bailey Ranch Road Aledo Texas 76008, per Parker County Chamber of Commerce

What you can do. The chamber's listing is linked; the city's news list carried no entry on the festival as of Oct. 14.

Source: Parker County Chamber of Commerce events feed, read Oct. 14 by pipeline/fetch_events.py; https://www.aledotx.gov/_includes_/published/news_list.json, read Oct. 14

Monday, Oct. 19: early voting by personal appearance begins for the Nov. 3 election and runs through Friday, October 30, 2026, per the Secretary of State

What you can do. Willow Park voters decide Proposition A, the proposed Home Rule Charter, and Proposition B, the $10,110,000 certificates of obligation; applications for a ballot by mail must be received by Friday, October 23, 2026, per the Secretary of State; the Ledger's election page has the sample ballots.

Source: Texas Secretary of State, Important Election Dates, November 3, 2026 Uniform Election Date (First Day of Early Voting by Personal Appearance Monday, October 19, 2026; Last Day of Early Voting by Personal Appearance Friday, October 30, 2026; Last Day to Apply for Ballot by Mail Friday, October 23, 2026), read Oct. 14; the Willow Park propositions as the Ledger's election page carries them from the county's sample ballot

Tuesday, Oct. 20, 6:30 PM: volleyball vs. Sam Houston at Aledo, per Aledo ISD Athletics

What you can do. The district's schedule page carries the time and site.

Source: Aledo ISD Athletics, girls volleyball schedule, read Oct. 14 by pipeline/fetch_athletics.py

Burn ban: Parker County's status by day since Sept. 17, from the Texas A&M Forest Service list

Sports: every varsity schedule and result the district posts, and the District 3-6A standings per MaxPreps