While many were drowning, two key Kerr County official slept during Texas flood

 

Top headline:  The Texas Tribune, 7/31/2025

Bottom headline:  NBC Dallas-Fort Worth, 7/17/2025

Emily Foxhall reports for the Texas Tribune:

Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly, who is the head of county emergency management, and Kerr County Emergency Management Coordinator William Thomas testified to state legislators at a hearing in Kerrville that they woke up only after other local officials tried to reach them. Larry Leitha, the county sheriff, said he went to sleep without a worry about the weather.

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