Amy and Joe Etheridge, of Cat Spring, say they dropped off their son, Windom, at Camp La Junta in Hunt, about 13 miles west ...

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The memories of going away to summer camp typically last a lifetime. For brothers Piers and Ruffin Boyett, their memories at ...

More than two dozen girls are missing from the camp, which has hosted the daughters of governors and one president. Rescuers ...

The family was reportedly vacationing at a river house in Kerr County as the floods swept through the area unannounced.

At least 10 inches of rain poured down overnight in central Kerr County, causing flash flooding of the Guadalupe River.

Her mother, Elizabeth Lester, said her son was nearby at Camp La Junta and also escaped. A counselor there woke up to find water rising in the cabin, opened a window and helped the boys swim out.

When hundreds of young girls and teenagers staying at summer camp on the banks of the Guadalupe River in central Texas settled down for the night on Thursday, there was no sign of looming disaster.

What should have been an annual day of celebration turned to tragedy as severe overnight storms caused an Independence Day flood killing at least 13 in Kerr County and leaving over 20 young girls ...

At least four of the missing Camp Mystic girls were found dead during search and rescue operations following the devastating ...

Texas parents frantically posted photos of their young daughters on social media with pleas for information as more than 20 campers from an all-girls summer camp were unaccounted for Friday after ...