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State Rep. Wes Virdell, whose district includes Kerr County, voted against House Bill 13 earlier this year. The bill would ...

The county’s largest city, Kerrville, declined to participate in a joint grant application that would have required a $50,000 ...

As of 6:25 p.m. on Wednesday, 96 people — 60 adults and 36 children — are dead after Hill Country flooding, Kerr County officials said.

One longtime emergency first responder speaks with our 25 News reporter about what emergency calls are like and the toll they can take on families.

At least 119 people have been found dead in nearly a week since heavy rainfall overwhelmed the river and flowed through homes ...

Robert Earl Keen, the longtime country singer-songwriter, lives in Kerrville and his two daughters attended Camp Mystic growing up.

Members of Tupelo-based nonprofit Eight Days of Hope's Rapid Response Ministry are deploying to Kerrville, Texas, in response ...

Residents of Kerrville, Texas, say the rapidly rising floodwaters on July 4th took them by surprise. While phone warnings were sent, many did not hear them. WOAI's Matt Roy reports.

The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

More than 100 people are dead and 150 known to be missing in Texas Wednesday from flooding but questions remain about how the effects of the deadly disaster could have been mitigated.