📰 EVENING NEWS BRIEF 📰
Early voting record • Dry Halloween • Severe storms possible 👇
📅 October 31st, 2026AD
🔥 TONIGHT'S HEADLINES
1. 🗳️ Texas early-vote record
2. 🎃 Dry weather for Halloween night
3. ⛈️ Storms before Election Day
4. 📷 League City votes on cameras
5. 🏫 Student ID counts sent to state
🌤️ WEATHER
🌡️ CURRENT: 73° and cloudy at the Granbury airport at 5:35 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.
🌙 TONIGHT: Partly cloudy, with a low around 62, according to the National Weather Service.
⚠️ HAZARDS: No NWS alerts for Hood County at 5:45 p.m. Saturday. Hood County was not under a burn ban in the Texas A&M Forest Service listing checked Saturday afternoon.
☀️ 3-DAY OUTLOOK
Sunday: partly sunny, 82°/65°
Monday: partly sunny, 85°/62°
Tuesday: sunny, 75°/50°
🚗 TRAFFIC
🚧 Loop 567 film production between FM 4 and Highway 377, near Granbury Regional Airport: temporary stops of up to 10 minutes, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., through Tuesday, Nov. 3.
🏛️ LOCAL LEAD
🗳️ TEXAS EARLY VOTE SETS MIDTERM RECORD
A record 7.4 million Texans voted early in this year's midterm election, The Texas Tribune reported Saturday, citing preliminary Secretary of State records.
That represents about 39% of registered voters. The figures are not final and may be incomplete.
Hood County's latest posted count remains 17,965 early votes, or 33.2% of registered voters, through Thursday, Oct. 29, according to TexPolls.
That county figure does not include the final day of early voting, which ended Friday.
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Registered Hood County voters may use any Election Day polling location in the county.
🤝 LOCAL PRIDE
🎃 DRY WEATHER FOR HALLOWEEN NIGHT
Trick-or-treating weather should be dry, with light winds and temperatures dropping into the 60s, according to the National Weather Service.
The hourly forecast checked Saturday afternoon puts temperatures near 73 at 6 p.m. and 68 by 9 p.m.
Low clouds or patchy fog could develop after midnight.
Clocks fall back one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, as daylight saving time ends.
🏗️ INFRASTRUCTURE WATCH
⛈️ UPDATE: MONDAY NIGHT STORM TIMING
The National Weather Service's Saturday afternoon forecast puts rising storm chances in the region's western counties after 6-7 p.m. Monday.
A few strong to severe storms are possible Monday evening and overnight, mainly in northwestern counties. Damaging winds are the main concern.
Forecasters describe the severe-weather risk as low, with details still subject to change.
Most storms should leave the region by mid- to late Tuesday afternoon, followed by breezy, cooler weather.
NEWS FROM AROUND TEXAS
📷 LEAGUE CITY VOTES ON FLOCK CAMERAS
League City voters will be the first in Texas to vote on removing Flock license-plate cameras Tuesday, The Texas Tribune reported.
Proposition A asks whether the city should continue using 55 cameras along public roads.
The proposition is nonbinding, but the City Council has pledged to remove the cameras if voters reject their continued use.
🏫 EL PASO ISD PROVIDES STUDENT COUNTS
El Paso ISD gave the state comptroller enrollment counts sorted by Social Security numbers and alternative identification numbers.
According to El Paso Matters, whose report was republished by The Texas Tribune, critics fear the data could be used to target undocumented students.
El Paso ISD is one of four districts under comptroller review. Those counts do not establish individual students' immigration status.
✅ BOTTOM LINE
🗳️ Texas reports a preliminary early-voting record for a midterm. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3.
🎃 Halloween evening looks dry. Clocks fall back at 2 a.m. Sunday.
⛈️ Watch forecast updates for storms Monday night into Tuesday.
Hood County Express — Est'd 1/26 🚂
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