📰 MORNING NEWS BRIEF 📰
Texas results • Loop 567 closures • Square closes Friday 👇
📆 November 4th, 2026AD
🔥 TODAY’S HEADLINES
1. 🗳️ Talarico, Hinojosa win races
2. 🏁 Historic Square streets close
3. 🚧 Loop 567 film production delays
4. 🏛️ House control still open
5. 📊 Early vote passed 7.4 million
🌦️ WEATHER
🌡️ CURRENT: 50° and clear, with light winds, at Granbury Regional Airport at 5:15 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.
☀️ TODAY: Sunny, with a high near 72°, according to the National Weather Service's Granbury forecast. West northwest wind 0 to 5 mph.
🌙 TONIGHT: Mostly clear, with a low around 52°.
⏱️ NEXT 12 HOURS: 6–9 a.m. sunny, 50° to 52° • 9 a.m.–noon mostly sunny, 58° to 65° • noon–3 p.m. sunny, 68° to 72° • 3–6 p.m. sunny, 71° to 72°
⚠️ HAZARDS: No NWS alerts for Hood County were listed at 5:39 a.m. Central.
📅 3-DAY OUTLOOK
Thursday: sunny, 78°/51°
Friday: sunny, 69°/46°
Saturday: partly sunny, 65°/45°
🚗 TRAFFIC
🚧 Film production restrictions continue on Loop 567 between FM 4 and Highway 377 near Granbury Regional Airport. Today's lane closures run 7 a.m.-6 p.m. and 6 p.m.-midnight, according to the City of Granbury.
🚧 Full closures in both directions are set for 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, to 6 a.m. Friday, and 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, to 6 a.m. Saturday.
📍 Crockett and Bridge streets on the Square close Friday, Nov. 6, at 12:01 a.m. through Sunday, Nov. 8, at 10 p.m.
🏛️ LOCAL LEAD
🗳️ TALARICO, HINOJOSA WIN STATEWIDE RACES
Democrat James Talarico defeated Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton in the U.S. Senate race, according to the Associated Press via KUT.
KUT reports it is the first Democratic U.S. Senate win in Texas since 1988.
The Texas Tribune reports Democrat Gina Hinojosa defeated Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who conceded at 10 p.m. Tuesday.
KUT reports Hinojosa will become the first Democrat elected Texas governor since Ann Richards in 1990.
Hood County race results are not included in this early update.
🤝 LOCAL PRIDE
🏁 TWO SQUARE STREETS CLOSE FOR EVENTS
Crockett Street and Bridge Street on the Historic Square will close to traffic for events from Friday, Nov. 6, at 12:01 a.m. through Sunday, Nov. 8, at 10 p.m., according to the City of Granbury.
Visit Granbury lists the free-admission Granbury Grand Prix on the Square Nov. 7-8. The city's notice names those two streets, not the entire Square.
🏗️ INFRASTRUCTURE WATCH
🚧 FILMING BRINGS OVERNIGHT LOOP CLOSURES
A film production is behind the Loop 567 restrictions near Granbury Regional Airport, according to the City of Granbury. Granbury Police Department officers will assist with traffic control.
Full closures in both directions run from 6 p.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday and from 6 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday.
Drivers should consider alternate routes, the city says.
NEWS FROM AROUND TEXAS
🏛️ DOWN-BALLOT RESULTS, HOUSE STILL OPEN
The Texas Tribune reports Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick lost and Republicans lost the attorney general's office.
Its early Wednesday story said the only question left was whether Democrats would take the Texas House.
AP had not called the lieutenant governor's race as of 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, KUT reported.
📊 EARLY VOTE PASSED 7.4 MILLION
More than 7.4 million Texans voted during the two-week early voting period, according to KUT, citing the Texas Secretary of State's Office and AP.
Separately, the Tribune reports the new congressional map Republicans drew yielded them no gains and that they lost one seat overall.
✅ BOTTOM LINE
🗳️ Talarico and Hinojosa won statewide races; no Hood County results here.
🚧 Allow extra time on Loop 567 today; full closures follow Thursday and Friday nights.
🏁 Crockett and Bridge streets close early Friday for weekend events.
Hood County Express — Est’d 1/26 🚂
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