Emily McClure

Texas RioGrande Legal Aid marked the one-year anniversary of its Kerrville office with a community open house Monday, Aug. 17, at the Doyle Community Center, where the office is stationed, offering flood-related legal resources and connecting residents with local disaster recovery partners. "We are celebrating our one year office anniversary opening, so we're hosting a community open house," said Brittanny Gomez, a TRLA legal aid attorney.

Vanessa Maria Duckworth, a woman with roots in Kerrville, died Aug. 11, 2026, at age 38, her family said. Her family remembers her not only for how she lived but for the four lives she saved through organ donation. She raised her two children on her own for most of their lives, working multiple jobs and building small businesses on the side, her mother said, describing her as a devoted single mother who never turned away a stranger in need.

Gibson's Discount Center reopened Friday, Aug. 21, after crews spent weeks repairing extensive flood damage the store sustained on July 16, 2026. Manager Doug Hetzler described the scene when he first walked in. "We came in on the morning of the 16th, and there was four or five inches of water throughout the entire store," he said. Hetzler ran the numbers on just how much water that was. "That's four inches of water over 26,000 square feet," he said. "That equates to about 64,000 gallons of water.