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KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Over the last decade, an array of Texas state and local agencies missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended to avert a disaster like the one that killed dozens of young campers and scores of others in Kerr County on the Fourth of July.
Public officials in the area have come under repeated criticism amid questions about the timeline of what happened and why widespread warnings were
Longtime Kerrville resident and singer Robert Earl Keen’s benefit concert for the Texas Hill Country’s flood victims and survivors has been scheduled for
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The Texas Tribune on MSNKerrville community unites in mourning and prayer for those lost and missing in Texas floodsAmid staggering loss, hundreds gathered in mourning and prayer at a Wednesday night vigil for the victims of the July Fourth floods.
The event was held as search crews and volunteers continued to scour miles along the Guadalupe River for the people still missing.
At least 95 people died in the county during the flooding, and many more are still unaccounted for. “We were tremendously lucky,” Mr. Stone said of his family and neighbors. Kerrville, the county seat, is known informally as the capital of Texas Hill ...
On Tuesday, a sign that reads “Jesus Wept” was propped up on debris by the riverbank next to the camp.
Retired Fort Worth police officer Jamie Stanford said her faith and her Texas pride drove her to Kerrville this week.