July 16th, 2025

The Texas Legislature's special session begins on Monday and earlier this week, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick announced members of the Senate Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding. Our Bishop Van Buren reports that Lubbock senator Charles Perry was appointed as chairman. Meanwhile, search and recovery efforts continue in Kerr County as crews work around flood watches and ongoing rain, which has caused Nimitz Lake on the Guadalupe River to overtop the dam.