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Granbury elects council members; Hood County election results 👇
📅 November 5th, 2026AD
The top 10 stories everyone around the Hood County Microplex is talking about right now.
📋 TODAY’S TOP 10
1. 🗳️ City of Granbury elects council
2. 🗳️ Hood backs Paxton, Abbott
3. 🗳️ County races unopposed
4. 🗳️ Tolar ISD results
5. 🗳️ Keene elects Penick
6. 🚧 Loop 567 closes tonight
7. 🚧 Square closes Friday
8. 🏈 No. 1 Tarleton hosts ACU
9. 🎖️ Veterans event Saturday
10. 🌤️ Sunny, cooler Friday
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🗳️ GRANBURY ELECTS LOGSDON, WOLF
Janet Logsdon won the Granbury City Council Place 4 race with 3,005 votes, or 66%, to Skip Overdier’s 1,528, or 34%, the City of Granbury reports.
Alex Wolf won Place 6 with 3,822 votes in an unopposed race; both seats are three-year terms.
The results are unofficial; council will confirm the returns Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 6 p.m.
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🗳️ HOOD VOTERS BACK PAXTON, ABBOTT
In unofficial Hood County returns, Ken Paxton received 22,719 votes, or 75.02%, and James Talarico 6,885, or 22.74%, for U.S. Senate.
Greg Abbott received 23,380 votes, or 77.02%, and Gina Hinojosa 6,515, or 21.46%, for governor in the county.
Statewide, the Texas Secretary of State lists Talarico with 5,444,982 votes to Paxton’s 4,249,373, and Hinojosa with 5,230,789 to Abbott’s 4,524,527.
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🗳️ HOOD COUNTY OFFICES UNOPPOSED
County Judge Mark Lowery received 24,778 votes, unopposed, in unofficial Hood County returns. Richard L. Hattox was unopposed for County Court at Law with 25,194.
Nannette Samuelson in Precinct 2 and Dave Eagle in Precinct 4 were also unopposed for county commissioner, with 7,123 and 5,029 votes.
Christine Leftwich, Melanie Graft and Leigh Ann McCoy were unopposed for county clerk, district clerk and treasurer, with 24,883, 24,360 and 25,079 votes.
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🗳️ TOLAR ISD PLACE 7 RACE
Tommy Matthews leads the three-way Tolar ISD Place 7 race with 628 votes, or 45.15%, in unofficial returns.
Chase Elliott received 385 votes, or 27.68%, and Blake Henderson 378, or 27.17%, with all three precincts reporting.
Brad Cooper and Kelvin Murray were unopposed for Places 1 and 2, with 1,306 and 1,311 votes.
All Tolar ISD figures are unofficial returns.
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🗳️ KEENE ELECTS NEW MAYOR
Johanna Franco Penick defeated Phillip Jackson for Keene mayor, 808 votes to 568, or about 58.7%, the Cleburne Times-Review reports.
Crissy A. Barajas unseated incumbent Troy Smith for Place I on the city council, 734 votes to 564. Incumbents Bob Chapman and Johnny R. Shaw ran unopposed and kept their seats.
The figures are unofficial results released early Wednesday, and the city expects certified results in about one week.
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🚧 LOOP 567 CLOSES TONIGHT
Loop 567 will fully close in both directions between FM 4 and Highway 377 from 6 p.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday, the City of Granbury says.
A second full closure runs from 6 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday for a film production near Granbury Regional Airport.
Consider alternate routes during the overnight closures.
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🚧 SQUARE STREETS CLOSE FRIDAY
Crockett St. and Bridge St. on the Historic Square close to traffic Friday, Nov. 6, at 12:01 a.m., the City of Granbury says.
It runs through Sunday, Nov. 8, at 10 p.m. for events.
The city asks drivers to use alternate routes and drive with extra care near the Square, because increased pedestrian activity is expected. Plan extra time if you are headed downtown this weekend.
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🏈 TARLETON HOSTS ACU SATURDAY
No. 1 Tarleton State, 9-0 and 4-0 in the UAC, hosts ACU Saturday at 6 p.m. at Memorial Stadium in Stephenville, Tarleton Athletics says.
The game opens the new Hundred-Mile Showdown rivalry name. ACU is 5-4 overall and 4-0 in the UAC.
Tarleton's series with ACU dates to 1920 and includes 41 matchups. Tickets are available at tarletonsports.com/tickets.
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🎖️ WEATHERFORD VETERANS EVENT
North Texas Veterans Business Council hosts its second Veterans Day Celebration from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, in Weatherford, the Mineral Wells Index reports.
Admission is free, and the event includes some 80 vendors and nonprofit groups, food trucks, a bounce house and face painting.
Seven Weatherford elementary school choirs are scheduled to perform, and the Parker County Pickers open the live music.
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🌤️ SUNNY TODAY, COOLER FRIDAY
NWS Fort Worth forecasts a sunny Thursday with a high near 80.
Friday is mostly cloudy with a high near 69, after a slight chance of showers before 9 a.m.
Saturday is mostly cloudy with a high near 65 and a slight chance of showers after noon. Sunday is partly sunny with a high near 68.
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THE BOTTOM LINE
🚧 Loop 567 closes tonight and Friday night; Square streets close Friday.
🏈 No. 1 Tarleton hosts ACU Saturday at 6 p.m.
🗳️ Granbury council confirms returns Nov. 17.
Six counties. One region. Plenty happening.
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