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After the devastating Texas flood, former Mystic campers have been making Tweety Cookies for first responders, fundraisers and comfort.

A select few Texas Longhorns players and coaches are proudly representing the program at SEC Media Days in Atlanta this week, but considering recent events, it ...

A Camp Mystic camper will be escorted home to Bellville today by law enforcement agencies. Virginia Hollis, 8, was "a pure, ...

Virginia Hollis was among the campers missing from Camp Mystic after the Guadalupe River flooded over the Fourth of July weekend. According to Bellville Police Chief Jason Smalley, Virginia, who is ...

Blakely McCrory, an 8-year-old from Bellaire, wrote her mom a letter from Camp Mystic before she died in the July 4 flood.

The mother of an 8-year-old girl who died during catastrophic flooding at Camp Mystic in Texas received something “very special” after her death. In one of two letters written to her mother, Blakely ...

Days after floodwaters swept through Camp Mystic and other parts of Central Texas, rescuers recovered the body of camper, ...

For many families, the most serious warnings about the deadly and raging torrent in Texas Hill Country on July 4 came too ...

In a surprising number of cases, the worst disasters strike in the middle of night. The deadly Texas floods earlier this ...

Eight-year-old girls at sleep-away camp, families crammed into recreational vehicles, local residents traveling to or from ...