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Camp Mystic Owners’ Legacy: ‘If You’re a Camper, You Know Who They Are’
For decades, Dick and Tweety Eastland presided over Camp Mystic with a kind of magisterial benevolence that alumni well past ...
Body of missing 8-year-old Camp Mystic camper found: ‘She was tiny but mighty’
The body of a young Houston girl reported missing during the catastrophic flooding in Kerr County has been found.
Another Camp Mystic camper from Austin identified; Williamson County extends disaster declaration
A third young girl from Austin has been confirmed among the dead after catastrophic floods hit Camp Mystic in Kerr County.
75 confirmed dead in Kerr County, Texas; Camp Mystic mourns 27 girls, counselors
The number of fatalities connected to the Kerr County floods has risen to 75, local officials said Monday as search and ...
Despite national, state warnings, Kerr County, Camp Mystic didn’t evacuate
As the death count in the Independence Day flooding in central Texas has now surpassed that of Hurricane Harvey, with dozens ...
Twins Hanna, Rebecca Lawrence among Camp Mystic attendees who died in flood
Eight-year-old twins Hanna and Rebecca Lawrence had big dreams for the future. Hanna wanted to be a chef and open a ...
Richard ‘Dick’ Eastland, Camp Mystic’s 74-year-old owner, died while leading campers to safety during the devastating floods
Richard “Dick” Eastland, the owner and director of Camp Mystic in Kerr County, Texas, died while helping campers get to ...
After Camp Mystic, what parents can ask camps about extreme weather prep
Traditional summer camps are, by design, exposed to nature. As climate change makes summers more intense, how much should ...