Families of the 27 girls who died in the July 4 flooding at Camp Mystic gave emotional testimony at the Texas Capitol Wednesday, urging lawmakers to pass reforms that would make summer camps across the state safer. Many parents wore buttons that read ...

On Wednesday, for the first time, Camp Mystic families detailed their experience of their daughters who died in Texas Hill Country flooding.

For many Texas families, summer camp is a generations-long tradition. And certainly, it can be a positive and formative part of a child’s life — it was for Katherine. We owe it to her and the 26 other daughters lost at Camp Mystic to make it better.

KERRVILLE, Texas — A new foundation called the Heaven’s 27 Fund looks to honor the legacies of the 27 campers and counselors who died during the July 4 floods at Camp Mystic.