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In the month since deadly floods demolished portions of Kerr County, killing at least 108 people there, KSAT Investigates has ...

The City of Kerrville, Texas, activated its water conservation plan starting at midnight on Tuesday after the region ...

"Louis hayes is underwater," Kerrville City Manager Dalton Rice texted other local leaders as the floodwaters were arriving.

Emails and text messages sent by the Mayor of Kerrville the day before deadly July 4 flooding show few, if any, documented ...

With the city's water treatment plant still off-line, officials say the restrictions are needed to "aid in prolonging our ...

The CBS News Texas I-Team obtained dozens of text messages and emails exchanged between Kerrville city officials as they ...

The Texas Legislature is holding a hearing on the July 4 floods in the Hill Country. We still need answers on why local ...

Texas lawmakers invited Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly, Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring, Jr., and City Manager Dalton Rice to ...

The joint Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding will meet Thursday in Kerrville, Texas — the site of the ...