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Tarleton soccer makes history; P&Z meets tonight 👇
📅 November 9th, 2026AD
The top 10 stories everyone around the Hood County Microplex is talking about right now.
📋 TODAY’S TOP 10
1. ⚽ Tarleton soccer makes history
2. 🏛️ P&Z hearing tonight
3. 🚧 Loop 567 stops possible
4. 🏛️ Temple tours resume today
5. 🇺🇸 Veterans ceremony Wednesday
6. 🎙️ Tarleton radio shows tonight
7. 🔄 Amazon plans campus
8. 🏆 Poston Plaza earns award
9. 🛝 Holland Lake work underway
10. 🌦️ Rain chance; high near 71
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⚽ TARLETON SOCCER EARNS HISTORIC TOURNAMENT WIN
Tarleton State women's soccer won its first postseason conference tournament match Sunday, beating 3-seed Austin Peay 2-1, Tarleton State Athletics reports.
Zahra Friess tied the match in the 63rd minute. Adelaide Wyrzynski scored the go-ahead goal in the 79th minute of the Nov. 8 UAC Women's Soccer Championship first-round match.
The 2-seed Texans, now 8-3-9, face 1-seed Eastern Kentucky in the semifinals Wednesday at 7 p.m.
📍 First-round match: Conway, Arkansas
📍 Tarleton State / Erath County
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🏛️ GRANBURY P&Z HOLDS HEARING TONIGHT
Granbury's Planning & Zoning Commission meets at 6 p.m. tonight, Monday, Nov. 9, in City Council Chambers, according to the city agenda.
A public hearing covers a specific use permit request for daily outdoor display at 4123 E. US Hwy 377. The case is SUP-26-10.
Watch the meeting live at granbury.org/live.
📍 City Council Chambers, 116 W. Bridge St.
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🚧 LOOP 567 TRAFFIC STOPS POSSIBLE
Temporary traffic stops of up to 10 minutes may occur on Loop 567 between FM 4 and Highway 377 near Granbury Regional Airport, the City of Granbury says.
The stops are possible from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. today and Tuesday as film-production crews restore the area.
Granbury Police Department officers will assist with traffic control.
📍 Loop 567 / Hood County
🕒 7 a.m.-7 p.m., Nov. 9-10
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🏛️ BURLESON TEMPLE TOURS RESUME TODAY
Free public open-house tours of the Fort Worth Texas Temple in Burleson resume today after Sunday's closure, according to the church's official open-house page.
Tours run 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday through Nov. 21. The open house is closed Sundays.
No reservation is required. Admission is free, and the walking tour lasts about 45 minutes.
📍 1851 Greenridge Drive, Burleson / Johnson County
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🇺🇸 GRANBURY VETERANS CEREMONY SET FOR WEDNESDAY
The City of Granbury says its Veterans Day Ceremony will take place Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 11 a.m. at Memorial Lane and Jim Burks Memorial Park.
Most city facilities will be closed that day for Veterans Day. Visit Granbury is the exception to the holiday closures, according to the city.
📍 561 N. Travis St., Granbury / Hood County
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🎙️ TARLETON BASKETBALL RADIO SHOWS START TONIGHT
Tarleton State's basketball coaches radio shows begin tonight at The Purple Goat in Stephenville, Tarleton State Athletics says.
The Bill Brock Show airs from 6 to 6:30 p.m., followed by the Eric Haut Show from 6:30 to 7 p.m.
Listen on KTRL 90.5 FM or TarletonSports.com/Watch. Students and fans are encouraged to attend live.
The next shows are Dec. 7 before a regular schedule resumes Jan. 4.
📍 The Purple Goat, Stephenville / Erath County
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🔄 AMAZON PLANS SOMERVELL CAMPUS
In its Nov. 5 statement, Amazon says it plans a data-center campus near Glen Rose in unincorporated Somervell County, on Vistra Corp. land next to Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant.
Amazon says site preparation is underway and the project is expected to support at least 550 full-time jobs.
Cooling water would come from the Comanche Creek reservoir under existing Vistra surface-water rights, not local groundwater or drinking water, the company says.
📍 Near Glen Rose / Somervell County
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🏆 POSTON PLAZA EARNS STATE AWARD
Mineral Wells' Poston Plaza earned a Texas Downtown President's Award for its transformation, the Weatherford Democrat reported Nov. 5.
The newspaper says the one-time parking lot bested 155 entries statewide for design and achievement.
A 12-foot sculpted horse oversees Poston Plaza Park, which held its grand opening in May 2026, the newspaper reported.
📍 Mineral Wells / Palo Pinto County
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🛝 HOLLAND LAKE PLAYGROUND WORK UNDERWAY
Removal of the existing Holland Lake Park playground is underway, the City of Weatherford said in a Nov. 5 notice.
City Council approved Whirlix Design, Inc. for a nature-themed replacement with a 27-foot play tower, zip lines and other features.
The city says Certificates of Obligation bonds fund the project, with no new tax required. Opening is anticipated in June 2027.
📍 Holland Lake Park / Parker County
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🌦️ RAIN CHANCE TODAY; HIGH NEAR 71
The National Weather Service forecasts a chance of showers and patchy fog before 10 a.m. in Granbury today, then mostly cloudy skies with a high near 71.
Tonight brings a 20% chance of showers and a low around 55. Tuesday's forecast includes early patchy fog, then a chance of showers, with sunny skies and a high near 77.
No active NWS alerts were listed for Hood, Parker, Johnson, Somervell, Erath or Palo Pinto counties at 8:35 a.m.
📍 Granbury / Hood County
🌡️ CURRENT: 59° with light rain and mist at the Granbury airport at 8:15 a.m., south wind near 1 mph, according to the airport's METAR report.
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THE BOTTOM LINE
⚽ Tarleton soccer earned its first postseason conference tournament win. The UAC semifinal is Wednesday at 7 p.m.
🏛️ Granbury P&Z meets at 6 p.m. tonight at City Council Chambers, 116 W. Bridge St.
🚧 Loop 567 traffic stops of up to 10 minutes are possible 7 a.m.-7 p.m. today and Tuesday.
Six counties. One region. Plenty happening.
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