📰 MORNING NEWS BRIEF 📰
Election Day • Council tonight • Loop 567 delays 👇
📆 November 3rd, 2026AD
🔥 TODAY’S HEADLINES
1. 🗳️ Polls open 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
2. 🏗️ Council meets tonight
3. 🚧 Loop 567 filming stops today
4. 🗳️ Senate campaigns wrap up
5. 🗳️ Early-vote turnout recap
🌦️ WEATHER
🌡️ CURRENT: 63° and mostly clear, with a west-northwest wind near 6 mph, at Granbury Regional Airport at 5:15 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.
☀️ TODAY: Sunny, with a high near 73°, according to the National Weather Service's Granbury forecast. Northwest wind 10-15 mph, gusting to 30 mph.
🌙 TONIGHT: Clear, with a low around 50°.
⚠️ HAZARDS: No NWS alerts for Hood County were listed at 5:40 a.m. Central. The earlier severe weather watch has ended, according to NWS Fort Worth. Gusty northwest winds remain in the forecast.
📅 3-DAY OUTLOOK
Wednesday: sunny, 74°/53°
Thursday: sunny, 78°/50°
Friday: sunny, 70°/48°
🚗 TRAFFIC
🚧 Film production may cause temporary stops of up to 10 minutes on Loop 567 between FM 4 and Highway 377 near Granbury Regional Airport. Today's scheduled window is 7 a.m.-7 p.m., according to the City of Granbury.
🏛️ LOCAL LEAD
🗳️ ELECTION DAY IS HERE
Hood County voters can use any county vote center today, Tuesday, Nov. 3. Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m.; anyone in line by closing time may still vote.
Bring an accepted photo ID. If you lack one and cannot reasonably obtain it, you may sign a Reasonable Impediment Declaration and show an alternative ID, such as a utility bill.
A voter without ID may cast a provisional ballot and take ID to the registrar's office by Nov. 9, according to TexPolls.
Mail ballots must arrive by 7 p.m. today, or by 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, if postmarked by 7 p.m. today, according to TexPolls.
You may hand-deliver your own marked mail ballot to the county's early voting clerk only while polls are open today. Bring the same ID you would show to vote in person.
Hood County recorded 19,977 early votes through Oct. 30, or 36.9% of registered voters, according to TexPolls, which compiles state reports. Those figures can be revised.
🤝 LOCAL PRIDE
🏗️ COUNCIL TO CONSIDER STREET ENGINEERING
Granbury City Council meets at 6 p.m. tonight at City Hall, 116 W. Bridge St. The meeting will also stream on the city's website.
According to the city's agenda, Council will consider a $1,171,675 agreement with Teague Nall and Perkins for Granbury Street CIP Phase 1 engineering services.
Also proposed, according to the agenda: $156,260 for a three-year Visit Granbury website agreement.
Other proposals listed by the city include an estimated $750,000 two-year water-treatment chemical contract, and a $250,000 budget amendment for anticipated litigation legal fees.
A public hearing concerns outdoor display on West Bridge Street. Council will also consider a permit for a convenience store with gas pumps on Pirate Drive. These are agenda items, not reported approvals.
🏗️ INFRASTRUCTURE WATCH
🚧 LOOP 567 CLOSURES THIS WEEK
Lane closures are scheduled Wednesday, Nov. 4, from 7 a.m.-6 p.m. and again from 6 p.m.-midnight.
Full closures in both directions are scheduled from 6 p.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday, and from 6 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday. Consider another route during those windows.
NEWS FROM AROUND TEXAS
🗳️ SENATE CANDIDATES CLOSE ON HOME TURF
Ken Paxton and James Talarico finished their U.S. Senate campaigns Monday night near home, The Texas Tribune reports.
Paxton appeared in Allen in Collin County after a change from plans for an Alamo event. Talarico addressed about 1,800 supporters at an Austin concert venue, according to the Tribune.
🗳️ EARLY-VOTE TURNOUT RECAP
More than 7.7 million Texans voted early, The Texas Tribune reports, citing preliminary Secretary of State data as of Sunday morning.
That was 40.5% of registered voters, exceeding the modern-day midterm high set in 2018, according to the Tribune. These are early-vote figures, not Election Day totals.
✅ BOTTOM LINE
🗳️ Polls are open 7 a.m.-7 p.m.; stay in line if you're there by closing.
🏗️ City Council considers street engineering and other proposals tonight.
🚧 Allow time for Loop 567 filming stops today and closures later this week.
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