📰 MIDDAY NEWS BRIEF 📰
Early vote up 18% • Election Day polls close at 7 • Council tonight 👇
📆 November 3rd, 2026AD
🔥 MIDDAY HEADLINES
1. 🔄 UPDATE: Hood early vote up 18%
2. 🏛️ Square Plaza work agenda
3. 🔄 UPDATE: Granbury City Council
4. 🗳️ How Texas results roll in
🌤️ MIDDAY WEATHER
🌡️ CURRENT: 70° and clear at the Granbury airport at 11:15 a.m., with northwest winds near 14 mph gusting to 20 mph, according to the National Weather Service.
☀️ THIS AFTERNOON: Sunny, high near 73°, falling to around 71° in the afternoon. Northwest wind around 15 mph, gusting to 30 mph, the National Weather Service forecasts.
🌙 TONIGHT: Clear, low around 50°. Northwest wind 0 to 10 mph.
⏱️ NEXT 12 HOURS: noon–3 p.m. sunny, 71°–73° • 3–6 p.m. sunny, 72°–71°
🌙 6–9 p.m.: mostly clear to clear, 67°–60° • 9 p.m.–midnight: clear, 60°–55°. Rain chance: 0% throughout.
⚠️ HAZARDS: No NWS alerts for Hood County as of 11:40 a.m. CST. The Hood County Fire Marshal discourages outdoor burning because of forecast gusty winds; that is not a burn-ban notice.
🌧️ RAIN AHEAD: NWS Fort Worth says notable rain may hold off until late next week, with drought conditions likely to worsen.
📅 3-DAY OUTLOOK
Wednesday: sunny, 74°/53°
Thursday: sunny, 78°/50°
Friday: sunny, 70°/48°
🚗 TRAFFIC
🚧 Loop 567 filming may stop traffic for up to 10 minutes through 7 p.m. today between FM 4 and Hwy 377 near the airport.
🛣️ Corridors to watch: US 377, SH 144, FM 4, FM 51 and Loop 567. DriveTexas incident data could not be verified at 11:42 a.m.; this is not an all-clear.
🏛️ MIDDAY LEAD
🔄 UPDATE: HOOD EARLY IN-PERSON VOTES UP 18%
Hood County recorded 19,947 in-person early votes through Oct. 30, up 18% from 16,927 at the same point in 2022, according to the TexPolls compilation of state reports. Those figures can be revised.
These are early voting counts, not Election Day turnout. Polls close at 7 p.m. Central; voters in line by then may still cast a ballot.
The Hood County Elections Administration page links to Election Results. Early-vote results should begin appearing after polls close, The Texas Tribune reports; complete results will take longer.
⚖️ GOVERNMENT + COURTS
🏛️ SQUARE PLAZA AND OPERA HOUSE WORK ON AGENDA
The Granbury Historic Properties Corporation board’s 10 a.m. agenda called for considering the scope and funding of Square Plaza Building and Opera House improvements presented by Ameresco.
It also listed Square Plaza asbestos abatement and monitoring, plus flooring, window, sheetrock and painting work. Meeting outcomes were not available for this brief; agenda items are not reported approvals.
🔄 UPDATE: COUNCIL CONTRACTS ON CONSENT AGENDA
Granbury’s council agenda places several contracts on consent, where items can pass in one motion unless a member pulls one for discussion.
The Strategic Plan and a Halbert National at Camp David Golf Course infrastructure agreement are also listed.
Closed-session topics include pending litigation and economic-development negotiations for Project Bonus, Project Black Tie Aviation and Project Patriot. Any action would follow reconvening.
The meeting is at 6 p.m. at City Hall. These are proposed items, not approvals.
NEWS FROM AROUND TEXAS
🗳️ EARLY RESULTS COME FIRST, CERTIFICATION LATER
The first Texas election results after polls close will come from early-voting ballots, The Texas Tribune reports.
Voting by people still in line at closing can delay reporting, and unofficial totals will continue arriving into Wednesday.
Results are not official until certified; do not confuse an early tally with a final result.
✅ BOTTOM LINE
🗳️ Polls close at 7 p.m.; anyone in line by then may vote.
🏛️ Council meets at 6 p.m.; agenda items are not approvals.
💨 Gusts may reach 30 mph; outdoor burning is discouraged.
Hood County Express — Est’d 1/26 🚂
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