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A $6,000 reward is now being offered in a cold case murder with ties to Eastland County. The reward is for information ...

Cleanup efforts at Camp Mystic, seen here July 12, are ongoing after Fourth of July flooding claimed the lives of 25 campers and two counselors. Owner Richard G. “Dick” Eastland also died. On Thursday ...

Social media posts claim Kerr County, an area hit hard by devastating flash floods, rejected the money from the Biden administration.

Twice, the Texas Division of Emergency Management turned down Kerr County's requests for money to improve flood warnings.

At Least 161 Still Missing in a Single Texas County, Governor Says No survivors have been found since Friday in Kerr County, where the worst flooding occurred. The statewide death toll rose to 111 ...

Richard “Dick” Eastland, co-owner of Camp Mystic, the Christian summer camp from which at least 27 campers and counselors died in the Texas floods on Fourth of July weekend, warned of the ...

Officials in hard-hit Kerr County, Texas, which was ravaged by flooding earlier this month, say the number of people believed to be missing has dropped from nearly 100 to three.

The new figure was a significant decline from 97 just days ago. The death toll in the county remained the same, and officials said many of the missing were reported safe.

Kerr County teams have located most of the 160 people previously unaccounted for in the wake of the July 4th Texas flooding, with just three still missing.

At least 95 people — including 36 children — have been confirmed dead in Kerr County, visibly emotional Texas officials announced in a grim update Wednesday.

Missouri Task Force 1 has been released from its search and recovery mission in Kerr County, Texas.