Spartan weekend • Wind Advisory • Pirates at Weatherford 👇
📅 October 16th, 2026AD
The top 10 stories everyone around the Hood County Microplex is talking about right now.
📋 TODAY’S TOP 10
1. 🏃 Spartan races fill Granbury
2. 💨 Wind Advisory until 7 p.m.
3. 🏈 Pirates at Weatherford tonight
4. 🌊 PK Lake victim identified
5. 🏛️ Weatherford takes over square
6. ⛪ Burleson temple tours Nov. 5
7. 🎉 Tarleton parade Saturday
8. 🥇 Aledo, Weatherford top district
9. 🪕 Bluegrass jam in Glen Rose
10. 🎨 Harvest Moon set for Oct. 23-25
🏃 SPARTAN RACE WEEKEND BRINGS THOUSANDS TO GRANBURY
Thousands of athletes and spectators are expected in Granbury this weekend as the Dallas Spartan Trifecta Weekend returns to Twin Canyons Ranch for its sixth consecutive year, the Hood County News reported.
Races run Saturday, Oct. 17, and Sunday, Oct. 18, in four distances: the Sprint 5K, Super 10K, Beast 21K and Ultra 50K.
Last year's event drew 12,588 adult racer registrations, according to Visit Granbury, and past estimates put its economic impact at more than $3 million.
"Spartan is Granbury's single largest group event in terms of economic impact," Visit Granbury director Tammy Dooley said.
📍 Twin Canyons Ranch, Granbury
💨 WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 P.M.; GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH
Granbury's airport reported 57 degrees and overcast skies at 8:35 a.m., with a north wind gusting to 32 mph, according to the KGDJ weather observation.
A Wind Advisory is in effect for Hood County until 7 p.m., with north winds of 20 to 30 mph and gusts up to 50 mph, the National Weather Service says.
Unsecured outdoor items may be blown around, and driving can be difficult for high-profile vehicles.
Expect a mostly sunny day with a high near 64. Tonight turns mostly clear with a low around 45, and Saturday is sunny with a high near 64.
🌡️ Granbury, 8:35 a.m.: 57°, overcast
🏈 PIRATES VISIT WEATHERFORD ROOS TONIGHT AT 7
Granbury's football team plays at Weatherford tonight at Kangaroo Stadium, 250 Eureka St., with kickoff listed for 7 p.m., according to the Granbury ISD calendar.
The Kangaroos head into the District 3-6A game as favorites after two straight wins and a 2-1 district record, The Community News reported.
Granbury is 0-3 in district play and has given up 41 points or more in each of those games, the paper reported.
📍 Kangaroo Stadium, Weatherford
🌊 POSSUM KINGDOM DROWNING VICTIM IDENTIFIED
The Palo Pinto County Sheriff's Office has identified the man recovered from Possum Kingdom Lake as Chad Edward Fikes, 54, of Graford, FOX 4 reported.
Deputies responded to a reported drowning near Pat and Herman's Camp around 8:53 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 11. Responders and Texas Parks and Wildlife game wardens recovered his body from shallow water near a dock.
Investigators have found no indication of criminal involvement, but the investigation remains open pending forensic findings, the sheriff's office said.
📞 PPCSO: 940-659-2085
🏛️ WEATHERFORD TAKES OVER DOWNTOWN SQUARE UPKEEP
The City of Weatherford will manage and maintain all four quadrants of the downtown square under an interlocal agreement with Parker County, The Community News reported.
Parker County Commissioners Court approved the agreement Oct. 12. It also covers the county's parking lot off York Avenue and gives the city the right of first refusal if the county ever sells the property.
Event registrations and licensing agreements for the quadrants will go through the city instead of the county.
The term is 10 years, with automatic 10-year renewals. It does not transfer property ownership, according to a city staff report.
⛪ BURLESON TEMPLE OPENS FOR FREE PUBLIC TOURS NOV. 5
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will offer free public tours of the new Fort Worth Texas Temple in Burleson from Nov. 5-21, except Sundays, the Cleburne Times-Review reported.
North Texans will get a chance to step inside a Latter-day Saint temple before it is dedicated for worship.
No Dallas-Fort Worth area temple has opened its doors to the public since the Dallas Texas Temple in 1984, the paper reported.
📅 Tours Nov. 5-21, except Sundays
💵 Free
🎉 TARLETON HOMECOMING PARADE ROLLS SATURDAY
Tarleton State University's annual homecoming parade starts at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, along Washington and McIlhaney streets in Stephenville, Beneath the Surface News reported.
More than 55 participants are expected, including mascot Oscar P. The Sound & The Fury marching band and the Corps of Cadets are also set to appear.
The route begins near the Tarleton State Baseball Complex and heads northeast on Washington Street before turning northwest on McIlhaney Street.
Later Saturday, the Texans play Central Arkansas in football.
📍 Washington and McIlhaney streets
🥇 ALEDO, WEATHERFORD TOP DISTRICT 3-6A CROSS-COUNTRY
Aledo won both the boys and girls titles at the District 3-6A cross-country meet Thursday, Oct. 15, at AP Ranch in Fort Worth, and Weatherford finished second in both, The Community News reported.
Aledo's boys scored a perfect 15 points for a ninth straight district title. Its girls won a fifth straight, edging Weatherford 37 to 38.
Both schools head to the Region I-6A meet Monday, Oct. 26, at Mae Simmons Park in Lubbock.
📍 Region meet: Mae Simmons Park, Lubbock
🪕 BLUEGRASS JAM AND SHOW SATURDAY IN GLEN ROSE
The Paluxy River Bluegrass Association presents its October Bluegrass Jam and Show on Saturday, Oct. 17, at Oakdale Park, 1019 NE Barnard St., in Glen Rose, the Glen Rose Reporter reported.
Jamming runs from 2 to 5:45 p.m. All ages and skill levels are welcome, and casual listeners are encouraged to attend, the association says.
The show begins at 6 p.m. The association tries to book two bands, each playing a 45-minute set.
📍 Oakdale Park, Glen Rose
🎨 HARVEST MOON FESTIVAL RETURNS TO SQUARE OCT. 23
The Harvest Moon Festival of the Arts returns to the Granbury square Oct. 23-25, presented by the Historic Granbury Merchants Association, the Hood County News reported.
Expect a juried fine arts exhibition, a makers and farmers market, food vendors, live music and a Masquerade Street Dance.
Hours are 4-10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23; 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24; and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, according to the organizer's vendor application.
The 21-piece Granbury Jazz Orchestra plays the festival's main stage from 2-3:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, the paper reported.
📅 Oct. 23-25, Granbury square
THE BOTTOM LINE
🏃 Spartan races bring thousands to Granbury Oct. 17-18.
💨 Wind Advisory until 7 p.m.; gusts up to 50 mph.
🏈 Granbury plays at Weatherford at 7 p.m.
🎨 Harvest Moon returns to the square Oct. 23-25.
Six counties. One region. Plenty happening.
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