Local business owners host a benefit at Politics Spirits & Games, raising funds for Hill Country flood victims with pulled pork sandwich sales.

People awoke from water rushing around them during the early morning hours of July 4, all along the Guadalupe River in the Texas Hill Country. Residents were seemingly caught off guard, but warnings had been issued days and hours before floodwaters began carrying away homes,

I’m sad because all those people on the wall died,” said little Emma, who traveled to the vigil with loved ones from Fredericksburg.

KERR COUNTY, Texas — A devastating scene unfolded in the Hill Country on the Fourth of July as dozens of people, including children, died after major flooding in Kerr County. That number is expected to increase as search-and-rescue operations continue this weekend and beyond.

George Strait is hosting a benefit concert on July 27 to aid Texas Hill Country flood victims, featuring fellow artists and proceeds going to the Vaqueros Del Mar Texas Flood Relief Fund.

Several singers and bands have announced benefit concerts to support those impacted by the devastated Hill Country floods.

Are you a fan of South Plains politics? Here are your talking points for the week. In this week’s episode KAMC’s Jen Philip’s covers: the flooding in the hill country, Speaker Burrows, Congressman Jodey Arrington and Lubbock city council.

Within minutes of being reported, this fake GoFundMe page was shut down, but not before scammers used a surprising tactic.