Bubble Inn saw generations of 8-year-olds enter as strangers and emerge as confident young ladies equipped with new skills from the great outdoors and lifelong friends – bonds that would one day prove vital in the face of unfathomable tragedy.

SAN ANTONIO - Trinity University is mourning the loss of Kellyanne Lytal, the young daughter of Wade Lytal, offensive coordinator for the Trinity football team.

Many Catholics in the region have been stepping up to help, converging on Notre Dame Parish in Kerrville, located in the hardest-hit community along the Guadalupe River.

With more than 170 still missing, communities must reconcile how to pick up the pieces around a waterway that remains both a wellspring and a looming menace.

Texas inspectors verified that Camp Mystic had a written emergency plan just two days before the devastating flood killed more than two dozen people at the all-girls Christian summer camp, most of them children.

The serene banks of the Guadalupe River, usually a place of joy and laughter for young campers, turned into a scene of heartbreak on July 4, 2025. A sudden and catastrophic flood swept through central Texas,