Friday, October 16, 2026

Friday: A chance of rain showers before 7am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 62. North wind around 25 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Friday Night: Mostly clear. Low around 44, with temperatures rising to around 46 overnight. North wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 62. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

A Wind Advisory is in effect for Parker County from 4 a.m. to 7 p.m. CDT Friday, issued at 12:27 a.m. Friday by NWS Fort Worth: "North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected." Impacts: "Unsecured outdoor items may be blown around in the wind. Driving on area roadways may become difficult, especially for high-profile vehicles. Small tree limbs could break and cause damage." Advice: "secure trash cans, lawn furniture, and other lightweight outdoor objects." Sunday: Sunny. High near 68. Kickoff at Arlington is at 7 p.m., the hour the advisory ends. Parker County remains under a burn ban.

Source: National Weather Service forecast for Aledo (gridpoint FWD 59,101), generated 2:18 a.m. CT Friday, Oct. 16, and NWS active alerts for 32.6957 N, 97.6022 W (Wind Advisory issued Oct. 16, 12:27 a.m. CDT), read Oct. 16

Burn ban: Parker County remains one of 151 counties on the Texas A&M Forest Service list stamped 10/15/2026 8:24:17 AM, down from 153 on the list stamped 10/14/2026 8:17:08 AM

Between the two lists, Blanco, Dallas, Kleberg and Swisher came off, and Coryell and Upshur went on, the Ledger's comparison of the two files. Of Parker County's neighbors, Tarrant, Palo Pinto, Wise, Jack, Erath and Somervell are on the list and Hood, Denton and Johnson are not. Today's Wind Advisory makes this a high-risk day for an escaped fire.

Source: Texas A&M Forest Service burn-ban county list, stamped 10/15/2026 8:24:17 AM, read Oct. 16, compared with the list stamped 10/14/2026 8:17:08 AM read Oct. 15

Aledo ISD and Walsh announced a donation of nearly 13 acres fronting Quail Meadow Drive in the Walsh community for a future elementary school site, the second elementary site the Walsh family has given the district, The Community News reported Oct. 15

Per the story, the district takes the land at "little impact (only closing costs)" on the land budget in the 2023 bond. The first Walsh donation became Mary D. and F. Howard Walsh Elementary, which opened in August 2017. In the last two years the district has also acquired 40 acres from the Beggs Ranch in Willow Park's ETJ and a 12-acre elementary site near Kelly Road and Bear Creek Road in Kelly Ranch Estates, and it owns about 100 acres northeast of McKinney Elementary and about 20 acres next to the Daniel Ninth Grade Campus. No school is scheduled: "there is no determination being made about the timing or location of the next AISD campus," the story says. Superintendent Dr. Susan Bohn: "We have made land acquisition a priority because of our continued growth and the rising prices of land."

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Source: The Community News, "It's elementary," by Mercedes Mayer, Oct. 15

Cross country: Aledo won the boys and girls team titles at the District 3-6A meet Thursday, Oct. 15, at AP Ranch in Fort Worth, the ninth straight district title for the Bearcats and the fifth straight for the Ladycats, The Community News reported

Tyler Connelly won the boys 5,000 meters in 15:38 and Aledo took the top six places for a perfect 15 points; Noah Lay was second in 16:02. The girls beat Weatherford by one point, 37 to 38, led by Mayden Mitchell in second (19:07); Weatherford's Remi Boon won the race in 18:28. Coach Mike Pinkerton said the course "is as close to the regional course as we will see." Aledo, Weatherford and Arlington Martin advance. The Community News and Aledo ISD Athletics disagree on the Region I-6A meet date (Oct. 26 vs. Oct. 27); the Ledger is not printing a regional date until one source settles it.

Source: The Community News, by Jordan Neal, Oct. 15; Aledo ISD Athletics home-page schedule, read Oct. 16

Football: Aledo (3-3, 2-1 in District 3-6A, second in the district on MaxPreps) plays at Arlington tonight at 7, after the 45-7 home win over Arlington Bowie on Oct. 9

Remaining district games per MaxPreps: Weatherford at home Oct. 23 (the Pink Out Game, per Aledo ISD Athletics), at Sam Houston Oct. 30, Lamar at home Nov. 6. The Wind Advisory runs until 7 p.m.

Source: MaxPreps Aledo football schedule, read Oct. 16; Aledo ISD Athletics schedule, read Oct. 16

Willow Park voters decide whether the city can issue up to $10.1 million in certificates of obligation for road and infrastructure work, most notably around Squaw Creek Road, after a petition drive forced the question to the ballot, The Community News reported Oct. 15

The story says the Squaw Creek Road area "has been plagued with deteriorating road conditions, bad drainage, and leaking water mains." City Manager Toni Fisher noted that if the measure fails, the city cannot issue certificates of obligation for that work, or even ask voters for them, for three more years under state law. On the county's sample ballot this is Proposition B, $10,110,000. Proposition A is the proposed Home Rule Charter. Early voting begins Monday.

Source: The Community News, "Squaw Creek road work on ballot," Oct. 15; Willow Park propositions as the Ledger's election page carries them

Annetta posted the approved minutes of its Sept. 17 council meeting; they record unanimous votes adopting the FY 2026-27 budget, amending the FY 2025-26 budget, joining the proposed Parker County Public Utility Agency, and creating the Capital Improvement Advisory Committee

Per the minutes: Council Member Kent Stasey "noted that the Town has not increased its water rates since 2014 and does not impose a property tax." The budget amendment largely reflects money fiber companies paid for damage to town streets during fiber installation, and the minutes say work by one company "was stopped until the Town was fully reimbursed." Freese and Nichols told the council the utility agency would have 14 participating entities, each appointing one board member, with votes weighted by entity size. The town's annual audit begins Oct. 26, and Mayor Sandy Roberts asked customers to cut back on outdoor watering, especially on weekends. No residents spoke at public comment. The minutes say they were approved Oct. 15.

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Where it stands: Parker County Public Utility Agency tracker.

Source: Town of Annetta, City Council Meeting Minutes, Sept. 17, 2026 (approved Oct. 15), linked from the town's meetings page, read Oct. 16

Volleyball: Aledo beat Arlington 25-17, 25-7, 25-15 on senior night Tuesday and is 31-7 overall and 10-0 in district, with a 33-0 record in district sets, The Community News reported

Clara Deveny served three straight aces late in the third set. Coach Claire Gay: "Clara's been a fantastic server for us and has been very consistent all year long under a lot of pressure." Next listed on Aledo ISD Athletics: Sam Houston at Aledo, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 6:30 p.m.

Source: The Community News, by Brock Burgan, Oct. 15; Aledo ISD Athletics volleyball schedule, read Oct. 16

Tennis: Southlake Carroll swept Aledo in the regional round on Oct. 12 at TCU's Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center, The Community News reported

Per the story, Aledo was the first on-campus sport to win a district title after the move up to Class 6A and the first to go undefeated in district play; it beat Keller Timber Creek in bi-district and Midland High in the area round.

Source: The Community News, by Brock Burgan, Oct. 15

The Aledo Anglers bass-fishing team won first place at Lake Whitney on Saturday, Oct. 10, with 15 fish totaling 39.83 pounds, The Community News reported

Aledo's top team, Dean Gallaher and Kameron Younger, placed fifth overall with five fish totaling 14.01 pounds.

Source: The Community News, by Jordan Neal, Oct. 15

McAnally Middle School's eighth-grade A volleyball team finished district undefeated, and Aledo Middle School's football teams are a combined 22-1 through five weeks, The Community News reported

The McAnally teams finish the season Monday, Oct. 19, against Mansfield Coble.

Source: The Community News, by Rick Mauch, Oct. 15

The watched record, Friday morning: no minutes or recording yet from Thursday's Aledo City Council on CivicClerk, and still none for the Oct. 8 P&Z or Tuesday's Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee; Willow Park's Bankhead page still carries only the Oct. 9 alert for the Oct. 13-14 closure; Willow Park's meetings hub lists the Oct. 20 council with no new documents; no new sales-tax permits in the footprint

CivicClerk's newest files are still the Oct. 15 agenda and packet; the Oct. 22 Library Board and Nov. 5 council have no files yet. The Comptroller's active permit list shows no footprint permit issued after Oct. 9. The Parker County news-flash RSS and the Ledger's live feed were empty. Hudson Oaks' TownCloud page, Annetta North's agenda page and Annetta South's documents were unchanged. Fort Worth Report's feed carried no east Parker items.

Source: CivicClerk Events API; Willow Park CivicAlerts AID=45 and Municode Meetings; Texas Comptroller Active Sales Tax Permit Holders; Parker County news-flash RSS; aledoledger.com/live/feed.xml; Hudson Oaks TownCloud; Annetta North and Annetta South; Fort Worth Report RSS; all read Oct. 16

Friday, Oct. 16: Wind Advisory, 4 a.m. to 7 p.m. CDT; 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 Wind Advisory ends at 7 p.m.

Source: MaxPreps Aledo football schedule, read Oct. 16; NWS Wind Advisory, read Oct. 16

Saturday, Oct. 17, 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM: ALEDO-FEST, Aledo High School south parking lots, 1008 Bailey Ranch Road, free admission, per Parker County Chamber of Commerce; Mayor's Annual Milkweed Seed Event in Annetta, per the Sept. 17 minutes (no time or place given there)

What you can do. The chamber's listing names Toni Fisher, Parks Director, City of Aledo, as the contact; NWS Saturday is sunny, with a high near 62.

Source: Parker County Chamber of Commerce event listing, read Oct. 16; Town of Annetta Sept. 17 minutes; National Weather Service forecast for Aledo, read Oct. 16

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; McAnally volleyball vs. Mansfield Coble

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.

Source: Texas Secretary of State; the Willow Park propositions as the Ledger's election page carries them; The Community News, Oct. 15

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. 16; City of Willow Park meetings page, read Oct. 16

Thursday, Oct. 22: last Willow Park charter information session, 6 to 8 p.m., per earlier Community News coverage; Aledo Library Board (CivicClerk; no files yet)

What you can do. Charter and Proposition B early voting continues through Oct. 30.

Source: Earlier Community News coverage of Willow Park charter sessions; CivicClerk, read Oct. 16

Friday, Oct. 23: mail-ballot applications must be received; 7:00 PM: Bearcats vs. Weatherford, the Pink Out Game; volleyball vs. Lamar, 6:30 p.m., per Aledo ISD Athletics

What you can do. Kickoff 7 p.m. at Aledo.

Source: Texas Secretary of State; Aledo ISD Athletics schedule, read Oct. 16; MaxPreps, read Oct. 16

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

NWS forecast and alerts for Aledo

Tonight's game page: Bearcats at Arlington