https://aledoledger.com/news/popeyes-willow-park-what-the-state-filing-shows-80000-2350-square-feet-i-20-frontage-road/The Aledo Ledgeren2026-10-13T06:20:00-05:00Popeye's Willow Park: what the state filing shows: a 2,350-square-foot conversion of a Taco Bueno restaurant into a Popeye's on the I-20 Frontage Road, $80,000, completion filed for Sept. 28, 2026 https://aledoledger.com/news/city-sales-tax-october-2026-allocation-220671/The Aledo Ledgeren2026-10-12T06:15:00-05:00October sales tax allocation to the city: $220,671, down 0.5% from a year earlier; 2026 stands at $2,221,575 through ten months, 8.7% ahead of 2025 https://aledoledger.com/news/2026-10-13-the-watched-record-tuesday-morning-no-new-agenda-packet-or/The Aledo Ledgeren2026-10-13T06:20:00-05:00The watched record, Tuesday 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 Coaches Show episode since the one dated Wed, 7 Oct 2026 on the podcast feed; no new sales-tax permits in the footprint since 10/9/2026 https://aledoledger.com/news/2026-10-12-thursdays-council-packet-64-pages-staff-propose-a-20-annual/The Aledo Ledgeren2026-10-12T06:10:00-05:00Thursday's council packet, 64 pages: staff propose a $20 annual registration for individual food trucks with no Specific Use Permit and no minimum lot size, and ask the council whether food trucks may operate outside designated food truck parks and in which zoning districts; a 24-month, $135,082 maintenance agreement with Kingdom Technology Services for the wastewater plant's UV disinfection system; Ordinance No. 2026-O-29, which removes building-permit provisions adopted in 1977, including the $50.00 permit threshold and the requirement that the City Council approve or disapprove individual building permit applications https://aledoledger.com/news/2026-10-12-the-watched-record-monday-morning-no-new-agenda-packet-or/The Aledo Ledgeren2026-10-12T06:10:00-05:00The watched record, Monday 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; the district's athletics site shows no result for the Oct. 9 volleyball match vs. Bowie, the Oct. 10 swimming invite or the Oct. 9 football game, which MaxPreps lists as W 45-7 over Arlington Bowie with Aledo at 3-3 https://aledoledger.com/daily/2026-10-13/The Aledo Ledgeren2026-10-13T06:20:00-05:00Tuesday: Popeye's Willow Park, a 2,350-square-foot conversion of a Taco Bueno on the I-20 Frontage Road, $80,000, with a completion date of 9/28/2026 as filed and a status of Project Registered on the state's record; volleyball beat Bowie 3-0 on Oct. 9 and hosts Arlington at 6:30 PM tonight, per Aledo ISD Athletics; the Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee takes up the Aledo Parks Master Plan at 6:00 PM; the Forest Service burn-ban list, restamped 10/12/2026 11:34:42 AM, carries 153 counties, Parker County among them; mostly sunny, high near 91, heat index as high as 98 https://aledoledger.com/daily/2026-10-12/The Aledo Ledgeren2026-10-12T06:10:00-05:00Monday: five new sales-tax permits in the footprint, among them Mr Gatti Hudson Oaks at 2801 E Interstate 20, Southwest Ford, Inc. at 3120 E Interstate 20 and Bandidas Willow Park, LLC at 490 Shops Blvd, per the Comptroller's active permit list; Thursday's council packet carries a proposed $20 annual registration for individual food trucks, a $135,082 wastewater UV maintenance agreement and an ordinance ending the council's 1977-era approval of individual building permits; the Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee takes up the Aledo Parks Master Plan Tuesday at 6 p.m.; Parker County stays on the Forest Service burn-ban list of 154 counties stamped 10/8/2026 8:25:13 AM; mostly sunny, high near 90, south wind gusting to 25 mph