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Ector County ISD is seeking the community’s thoughts and opinions on what should be the name and the mascot for the new middle school being built as ...

More than 80 people were killed in the disastrous floods that roared through Central Texas on Friday. Dozens, including 10 young campers, were still unaccounted for.

At least 15 children were among those killed by flooding in Central Texas. Some two dozen girls from a camp on the Guadalupe River remained unaccounted for.

Two 8-year-old girls are the first from Austin to be publicly identified as victims of the raging flood waters that swept through Camp Mystic.

Dozens of people have died after heavy rain pounded Kerr County, Texas, early Friday, leading to deadly and "catastrophic" flooding.

The Defenders mascot goes beyond a name; it is a powerful symbol of strength, who we are, and who we are becoming.” ...

In the aftermath, students and school communities across Central Texas have stepped up in a big way to help withrepair and ...

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EMORY, Texas (KLTV) - The State Commission on Judicial Conduct has ordered that Rains County Justice of the Peace Robert Jenkins Franklin be suspended without pay from his position in the county.

At least 80 people are dead and many more are missing in Texas in the wake of torrential rains and resulting flooding. By far the greatest number of fatalities occurred in Kerr County, where 68 ...

Local News Road, park closures in Central Texas as heavy rains continue Saturday More than 100 crossings were closed as heavy rains flooded roads and caused damage across the region.