Thursday, October 15, 2026

Thursday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Mostly sunny. High near 90, with temperatures falling to around 87 in the afternoon. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible. Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy. Low around 55, with temperatures rising to around 57 overnight. North wind 5 to 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Friday: A chance of rain showers before 7am. Mostly sunny. High near 64, with temperatures falling to around 62 in the afternoon. North wind 25 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

No watches, warnings or advisories were active for Aledo on the NWS alerts feed updated 2026-10-15T10:16:27+00:00. Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 44. North wind 10 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 63. The Bearcats play at Arlington on Friday at 7:00 PM, and Aledo-Fest is Saturday afternoon.

Source: National Weather Service forecast for Aledo (gridpoint FWD 59,101), generated 2026-10-15T10:26:13+00:00, and NWS active alerts for 32.6957 N, 97.6022 W, updated 2026-10-15T10:16:27+00:00, read Oct. 15

Aledo City Council tonight, 6:00 PM: food trucks and sign rules in work session, a 24-month $135,082 maintenance agreement for the wastewater plant's UV disinfection system, Ordinance No. 2026-O-29 rewriting the building-permit rules, Ordinance No. 2026-O-30 on the Atmos Energy tariff, and Dean Ranch in executive session

The agenda, posted October 8, 2026 3:06 PM on CivicClerk, sets the meeting in the City Council Chambers at the Aledo Municipal Complex, 200 Old Annetta Road, and CivicClerk's meeting listing gives the same location. Per the packet: the Kingdom Technology Services agreement is a $50,000 deposit at signing and $3,545 a month over 24 months, covering two technicians on site twice a year and all parts, lamps, glass tubes and electronics; the permit ordinance updates provisions originally adopted in 1977, removing the $50.00 permit threshold and the requirement for City Council to approve or disapprove individual building permit applications, and makes the Building Official or designee the authority for reviewing and issuing permits; and staff writes that Atmos Energy is anticipated to begin providing natural gas service to customers within the Aledo city limits in 2027. The food-truck work session memo proposes a $20 annual registration fee for individual food trucks and asks whether they should be allowed to operate outside a food truck park. Consent also appoints Public Works Director Travis Askins as the voting member and City Manager Candice Edmondson as the alternate on Fort Worth's Wholesale Water Customer Advisory Committee for FY2027. The council also casts the city's vote in the Texas Municipal League Region 8 Director Election and hears a proclamation recognizing October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month for Freedom House Parker County. Executive session lists Dean Ranch Development, Downtown Development, the Zoning Board of Adjustment and the Dean Ranch Development Agreement, with Zoning Board of Adjustment appointments listed for action afterward.

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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.

Source: City of Aledo, Regular City Council Meeting agenda for Oct. 15, 2026 (posted Oct. 8, 3:06 p.m.) and agenda packet (posted Oct. 9, 4:08 p.m.), CivicClerk, re-checked Oct. 15

Burn ban: Parker County remains one of 153 counties on the Texas A&M Forest Service list restamped 10/14/2026 8:17:08 AM, one fewer than the 154 on the list stamped 10/13/2026 3:10:29 PM

Between the two lists Bastrop County came off and none were added, the Ledger's comparison of the two lists. 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 as Oct. 9 through Oct. 14. The NWS forecast for Friday carries a north wind of 25 to 30 mph with gusts as high as 45 mph.

Source: Texas A&M Forest Service burn-ban county list, stamped 10/14/2026 8:17:08 AM, read Oct. 15, compared with the list read Oct. 14; National Weather Service forecast for Aledo, read Oct. 15

Annetta City Council tonight, 7:00 p.m., Annetta Town Hall, 450 Thunder Head Lane: appointing the town's member and alternate to the Parker County Public Utility Agency Board of Directors, designating official newspapers for Fiscal Year 2026-27, amending the Leak Detection Notice Policy, and appointments to the Planning & Zoning Commission

The agenda also lists nominations and appointments for Planning & Zoning Commission Places 1, 3, 4 and an alternate and Zoning Board of Adjustment Places 2, 4 and an alternate, and a closed session on the Water/Wastewater Superintendent and Water/Wastewater Operator positions. Consent covers the Sept. 17, 2026 minutes, staff reports and the financial report.

Source: Town of Annetta, City Council agenda for Oct. 15, 2026, on the town's meetings page, read Oct. 15

Willow Park: the city's Bankhead Highway page still carries its Oct. 9 traffic alert for the E. Bankhead Highway closure on Tuesday, Oct. 13, with the potential to extend through Wednesday, Oct. 14; no newer update was posted as of this morning

The page says Bankhead remains an active construction zone and is not open to thru traffic, that local access remains available for residents, businesses and their customers, and that the I-20 service road is the detour for the duration of the project. The E. Bankhead Highway Utility Project, built by BlueSky Utilities crews since July, runs from the southwest corner of the Beall-Dean development to Ranch House Road, per the city.

Source: City of Willow Park news flash, Bankhead Highway Utility Improvements (update dated Oct. 9, 2026), read Oct. 15

Volleyball: Aledo 3, Arlington 0, on Tuesday at Aledo, per Aledo ISD Athletics

The district's schedule now lists the Oct. 13 match as a 3-0 win, after 3-0 wins over Bowie on Oct. 9 and Granbury on Oct. 2. The next matches listed are Sam Houston at Aledo on Oct. 20 and Lamar at Aledo on Oct. 23, both at 6:30 PM.

Source: Aledo ISD Athletics, girls volleyball schedule, read Oct. 15

The watched record, Thursday morning: no new minutes or recordings on CivicClerk, including for Tuesday's Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee; the city's news list's newest entry is still dated Aug. 20; no new sales-tax permits in the footprint since Oct. 9

CivicClerk, read Oct. 15, shows the Oct. 15 council agenda and packet as the newest files, with no recording posted. The Parker County news flash RSS and the Ledger's live feed carried no items. The Comptroller's active sales-tax permit list shows no permit in the footprint issued after Oct. 9, all of those reported in earlier editions. Willow Park's meetings hub lists the City Council on Oct. 20.

Source: CivicClerk portal for the City of Aledo; City of Aledo news; Parker County news flash RSS; the Ledger's live feed; Texas Comptroller, Active Sales Tax Permit Holders; City of Willow Park meetings page; all read Oct. 15

Thursday, Oct. 15: cross country, District 3-6A meet, listed as at District with no start time, 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, 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 schedule, read Oct. 15; Parker County Chamber of Commerce event listing, read Oct. 15

Thursday, Oct. 15, 6:00 PM: Regular City Council Meeting, Aledo City Council, Council Chambers, Aledo Municipal Complex, 200 Old Annetta Road

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.

Source: City of Aledo, Regular City Council Meeting agenda for Oct. 15, 2026, CivicClerk, read Oct. 15

Friday, Oct. 16, 7:00 PM: Bearcats at Arlington, a District 3-6A game; Aledo is 3-3 overall and 2-1 in district, second in the district, after beating Arlington Bowie 45-7 on Oct. 9, per MaxPreps

What you can do. Kickoff 7 p.m. at Arlington; the NWS forecast for Friday is a north wind of 25 to 30 mph with gusts as high as 45 mph.

Source: MaxPreps Aledo football schedule, read Oct. 15; Aledo ISD Athletics schedule, read Oct. 15; National Weather Service forecast for Aledo, read Oct. 15

Saturday, Oct. 17, 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM: ALEDO-FEST, the City of Aledo's fall festival, Aledo High School south parking lots, 1008 Bailey Ranch Road, free admission and activities, per Parker County Chamber of Commerce

What you can do. The chamber's listing names Toni Fisher, Parks Director, City of Aledo, as the contact; the NWS forecast for Saturday is sunny, with a high near 63.

Source: Parker County Chamber of Commerce event listing, read Oct. 15; National Weather Service forecast for Aledo, read Oct. 15

Monday, Oct. 19: early voting by personal appearance begins for the Nov. 3 election and runs through Friday, Oct. 30, per the Texas 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, Oct. 23, per the Secretary of State; the Ledger's election page has the sample ballots.

Source: Texas Secretary of State, Important Election Dates for the Nov. 3, 2026 uniform election, as 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; 6:00 p.m.: Willow Park City Council, listed on the city's meetings page

What you can do. The district's schedule page carries the time and site; Willow Park posts its agenda before the meeting.

Source: Aledo ISD Athletics, girls volleyball schedule, read Oct. 15; City of Willow Park meetings page, read Oct. 15

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

Tonight's council agenda, item by item, with the CivicClerk files