📰 MORNING NEWS BRIEF 📰
Square closures • Loop 567 • Saturday cleanup 👇
📆 November 6th, 2026AD
🔥 TODAY’S HEADLINES
1. 🚧 Historic Square street closures
2. ♻️ Saturday cleanup and shredding
3. 🎬 Loop 567 overnight closure
4. 🗣️ Hinojosa transition team
5. 🏛️ House speaker race
6. ⚖️ Senate rules and LG powers
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🌦️ WEATHER
🌡️ CURRENT: 52° and cloudy at Granbury Regional Airport at 5:35 a.m., according to Aviation Weather Center METAR data.
☀️ TODAY: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70°, according to the National Weather Service's Granbury forecast. North wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
🌙 TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52°. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
⏱️ NEXT 12 HOURS: 6–9 a.m. mostly cloudy, 54° to 55° • 9 a.m.–noon mostly cloudy, 59° to 66° • noon–3 p.m. mostly cloudy to partly sunny, 66° to 69° • 3–6 p.m. partly sunny, 68° to 70°
⚠️ HAZARDS: No NWS alerts for Hood County were listed at 5:50 a.m. Central.
📅 3-DAY OUTLOOK
Saturday: partly sunny, 68°/51°
Sunday: mostly cloudy, 68°/50°
Monday: mostly sunny, 71°/51°
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🚗 TRAFFIC
🚧 TODAY: Loop 567 single-lane closures run 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. near Granbury Regional Airport.
🕒 TONIGHT: Both directions between FM 4 and Highway 377 close at 6 p.m. until 6 a.m. Saturday. Plan another route.
🕒 UPCOMING: Saturday single-lane closures return 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
📍 SQUARE: Crockett and Bridge streets are closed now through Sunday at 10 p.m. for events.
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🏛️ LOCAL LEAD
🚧 CROCKETT AND BRIDGE STREETS CLOSED FOR EVENTS
Crockett St. and Bridge St. on the Historic Square are closed to traffic from Friday, Nov. 6 at 12:01 a.m. through Sunday, Nov. 8 at 10 p.m. for events, according to the City of Granbury.
City officials ask motorists to use alternate routes and drive with extra care near the Square because of expected pedestrian activity during the weekend.
The notice names Crockett and Bridge streets only, not the whole Historic Square, and does not list which events prompted the closure.
Visitors and locals headed downtown should plan around those two streets through Sunday evening.
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🤝 LOCAL PRIDE
♻️ CLEANUP, SHREDDING AND BULK PICKUP SATURDAY
The Great Granbury Cleanup starts Saturday, Nov. 7, at 8:30 a.m. at City Hall. Teams need at least four people; volunteers must be 7 or older and should bring leather gloves. The city provides bags, vests and grabbers.
Shred It Instead runs 9-11:30 a.m., or until the truck fills, at American Town Hall, 220 N. Travis St. Bring up to three Bankers Boxes of paper only.
For Saturday's bulk trash collection, put items at the curb by 7 a.m.
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🏗️ INFRASTRUCTURE WATCH
🎬 FILM PRODUCTION CLOSES LOOP 567 OVERNIGHT
A film production is behind temporary traffic delays on Loop 567 between FM 4 and Highway 377 near Granbury Regional Airport, according to the City of Granbury.
Today: single-lane closures 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tonight: full closure both directions from 6 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday.
Saturday still has single-lane closures from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Granbury Police Department officers will assist with traffic control. Plan another route.
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NEWS FROM AROUND TEXAS
🗣️ HINOJOSA NAMES BIPARTISAN TRANSITION TEAM
Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa announced a bipartisan transition team at a Thursday news conference in Austin, her first public appearance since defeating Gov. Greg Abbott, The Texas Tribune reports.
Joe Madden is transition executive director. The team includes former Republican state Rep. Ernest Bailes and Ryan Pollock; Tamala Barksdale is a senior adviser.
Hinojosa said she will have a bipartisan administration. Democrats also flipped the House; Republicans held the Senate.
Vikki Goodwin is lieutenant governor-elect and Nathan Johnson is attorney general-elect. Results are not certified.
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🏛️ DEMOCRATIC HOUSE SPEAKER RACE UNDERWAY
The race for Democratic Texas House speaker is underway, The Texas Tribune reports.
State Rep. Senfronia Thompson launched Tuesday night, and as of Thursday her camp was touting as many as 65 members ready to back her.
The Tribune has not viewed that list, and 76 votes are needed. Thompson scheduled a press conference for 2 p.m. Friday.
State Rep. Eddie Morales Jr. announced his candidacy Thursday afternoon. State Rep. Joe Moody threw his support behind Thompson Thursday evening.
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⚖️ SENATE MAY LIMIT LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR POWERS
With Vikki Goodwin elected the first Democratic lieutenant governor since 1999, GOP state senators may move to limit the office's chamber-derived powers in January, The Texas Tribune reports.
Republicans will hold a 19-12 Senate majority. Most of the lieutenant governor's recent influence comes from chamber rules senators approve each session, not the state constitution alone, the Tribune reports.
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✅ BOTTOM LINE
🚧 Crockett and Bridge on the Historic Square are closed through Sunday evening.
🎬 Plan another route around Loop 567 tonight's full overnight closure.
♻️ Saturday brings cleanup, shredding and bulk trash collection.
🗣️ Hinojosa named a bipartisan transition team; House speaker race is underway.
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Hood County Express — Est’d 1/26 🚂
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