Dug Begley

Houston police are using a powerful, largely unregulated surveillance tool that tracks vehicle movements more than ever, and justifying their work less and less.

Executive director says board has "failed our licensees, the public, our staff, and the legislature," as Texas Funeral Service Commission meets to consider firing him.

Without a modern flood warning system, emergency officials monitor four sensors along the Guadalupe River – including one that was knocked out in the flood.

Explore three decades of Guadalupe River Basin flood data by county with our interactive, searchable database.

Rain rushing to the Guadalupe took it from a depth of less than 8 feet to 37.5 feet, a deluge with as much volume as an aircraft carrier over five minutes.

A review of radio communications from July 4 offers a glimpse into how chaos overwhelmed Kerr County's emergency services as the rising water crashed over riverside campsites, swamped homes in Hunt and finally surged into Kerrville, the county seat.

911 call logs offer a new look at how the catastrophic Independence Day flooding turned into the county’s deadliest disaster in years.

People swept from campsites, cabins and RV parks account for almost one third of the flood deaths in Kerr County, a Chronicle review shows.

Hill Country flooding prompts over 2,000 FEMA aid claims since July 4, with Kerr County hardest hit.

Since the July 4 Central Texas floods, FEMA has awarded over $37M in aid — much of it flowing faster to wealthier residents than middle- and low-income residents.