📰 EVENING NEWS BRIEF 📰
Polls close at 7 • Council meets at 6 👇
📅 November 3rd, 2026AD
🔥 TONIGHT’S HEADLINES
1. 🗳️ Election Day polls close at 7
2. 🏛️ Granbury City Council meets at 6
3. 🚧 Historic Square closes Friday
4. 🚀 Mars simulation crew emerges
5. 🆘 FEMA aid for 20 counties
6. 🎓 State GPA standard planned
🌤️ WEATHER
🌡️ CURRENT: 68° and clear at the Granbury airport at 5:15 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.
🌙 TONIGHT: Mostly clear, with a low around 50, according to the National Weather Service.
⚠️ HAZARDS: No active NWS alerts for Hood County as of about 5:35 p.m. Conditions can change.
☀️ 3-DAY OUTLOOK
Wednesday: mostly sunny, 72°/51°
Thursday: sunny, 77°/49°
Friday: sunny, 69°/46°
🚗 TRAFFIC
🚧 Loop 567 between FM 4 and Highway 377: film-production stops of up to 10 minutes are scheduled 7 a.m.–7 p.m. through Tuesday, Nov. 3, the city says.
🚧 Wednesday, Nov. 4: lane closures run 7 a.m.–midnight. Both directions close 6 p.m. Thursday–6 a.m. Friday and 6 p.m. Friday–6 a.m. Saturday.
🛣️ DriveTexas conditions could not be confirmed because its feed returned an error. That is not an all-clear.
🏛️ LOCAL LEAD
🗳️ POLLS CLOSE AT 7; UNOFFICIAL RESULTS FOLLOW
On Election Day, Hood County polls close at 7 p.m. tonight. Anyone in line by then can still vote, according to TexPolls. Registered Hood County voters may use any county vote center.
Preliminary Texas results are expected to begin appearing after polls close, with early-voting ballots in the first waves, The Texas Tribune reports. Those totals are unofficial; official results take longer.
Follow the Hood County website’s election results page and The Texas Tribune’s live election coverage. This brief reports no election outcomes.
TexPolls lists 19,977 Hood County early votes through Oct. 30, or 36.9% of registered voters. Those figures may be revised and do not represent tonight’s final turnout.
🤝 LOCAL PRIDE
🏛️ COUNCIL MEETING STARTS AT 6
Granbury City Council is scheduled to meet at 6 p.m. tonight at City Hall, 116 W. Bridge St., with a livestream on the city website.
Council members are scheduled to consider a $1,171,675 street-engineering agreement and a $156,260 three-year Visit Granbury website agreement. These are agenda items, not reported approvals.
🏗️ INFRASTRUCTURE WATCH
🚧 SQUARE STREET CLOSURES BEGIN FRIDAY
Crockett and Bridge streets on the Historic Square will close to traffic from 12:01 a.m. Friday, Nov. 6, through 10 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8, according to a city notice posted Tuesday.
The notice says the closures are for events. Use alternate routes and watch for pedestrians.
Separate film-production lane closures are planned Wednesday on Loop 567, followed by overnight full closures Thursday and Friday.
NEWS FROM AROUND TEXAS
🚀 CREW FINISHES HOUSTON MARS SIMULATION
Four crew members emerged Saturday, Oct. 31, after spending 378 days inside a 1,700-square-foot habitat at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas Public Radio reports.
The CHAPEA mission simulated life on Mars, including communication delays of 26 to 44 minutes, according to the report. It was a ground-based simulation, not a trip to Mars.
🆘 FEMA ASSISTANCE APPROVED FOR 20 COUNTIES
FEMA Individual Assistance has been approved for storms and flooding from July 12 through Aug. 14 in 20 Texas counties, Texas Public Radio reports. Hood County is not on that list.
Eligible residents can apply through the federal Disaster Assistance website or call 1-800-621-3362. Those with insurance should file their insurance claims first, the report says.
🎓 NEW LAW CALLS FOR A STANDARD GPA METHOD
Senate Bill 1191 requires the Texas Education Agency to develop a standard way to calculate high school grade-point averages, Texas Public Radio reports.
Districts currently use differing approaches. A standard method could affect class rank and recognition such as valedictorian and salutatorian.
The report does not establish a specific Granbury ISD policy change or implementation date.
✅ BOTTOM LINE
🗳️ Hood County polls close at 7 p.m.; voters in line by then can still vote.
🏛️ Granbury City Council meets at 6 p.m.; agenda items are not approvals.
🚧 Square street closures begin Friday at 12:01 a.m.
🎬 Loop 567 has lane closures Wednesday and overnight full closures Thursday and Friday.
Hood County Express — Est’d 1/26 🚂
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