Kerr County flood damage exceeds 2025 major-damage totals as courthouse recovery drags on
Emergency Management Coordinator Shorey Harmon told commissioners that the ongoing damage assessment had recorded more than 1,500 damage submissions.
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Kerr County’s calendar overflows as Fiddler on the Roof takes the Cailloux Stage
A tally of this week's public listings, compiled from The Kerr County Lead's community calendar, turns up roughly 87 distinct happenings between Monday, July 27 and Sunday, August 2.
The Lead Live adds Aug. 24 to Nonprofit Week — register today
Segments are now available for Monday, Aug. 24, running from 9 to 11:20 a.m. Five 20-minute slots are open — and Light on the Hill has already claimed the first one, taking the 9 a.m. spot.
Community Foundation has deployed $80 million in flood relief. The question that won’t go away: why not just give it to the city and county?
The money has gone to 102 different organizations across 161 individual grants, funding everything from home rebuilds to mental health counseling to a $10,000 grant that outfitted Kerrville police officers with dress uniforms.
Kerrville police restore captain rank in round of promotions
James Machetta and Jonathan Cline were promoted to captain and Jason Beard to lieutenant during a ceremony attended by family and friends. The department also swore in Dalton Bandy, a lateral officer joining with prior law enforcement experience.
Kerrville ISD faces $2.7 million deficit as enrollment decline deepens
The latest figures project a $2,687,325 shortfall for the 2026-27 school year, with total spending of about $50.3 million against $47.6 million in revenue. That gap is smaller than earlier drafts — the second budget update pegged it at $4.85 million and the third at $3.8 million — reflecting cuts and revised projections since the spring.
Your questions about Kerrville’s disaster tax rate, answered
Under Texas law, cities that have experienced a declared disaster can adopt a "disaster tax rate" — a mechanism that lets them raise the property tax rate above the standard voter-approval cap without triggering an automatic election, specifically to fund disaster-related recovery costs.
Playhouse 2000 opens ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Friday at the Cailloux
The show stars married couple Jeffrey Brown and Jane L. Sansom-Brown as Tevye and Golde, leading a cast of 35 local volunteer singers and dancers under director Heather Cunningham, music director Alexis Korbe, choreographer Ambra Harrah and stage manager Kerri Sparkman. Brown is also Playhouse 2000's executive director, a post he's held for 15 years.
Shelter reopens, grant assistance and free rides available for flood-affected residents
The shelter is located at Calvary Temple, 3000 TX-534 Loop in Kerrville, and is open 24 hours. Meals are provided, but pets are not allowed. Anyone who knows someone displaced by the flood and in need of a place to stay is asked to direct them to the shelter.
Kerr County Commissioners Court extends disaster declaration, PIA suspension
Commissioners voted to extend the county's Declaration of Local State of Disaster stemming from the severe storms and flooding, and authorized County Judge Rob Kelly to sign the extension.
Kerr County’s calendar overflows as Fiddler on the Roof takes the Cailloux Stage
A tally of this week's public listings, compiled from The Kerr County Lead's community calendar, turns up roughly 87 distinct happenings between Monday, July 27 and Sunday, August 2.
The Lead Live adds Aug. 24 to Nonprofit Week — register today
Segments are now available for Monday, Aug. 24, running from 9 to 11:20 a.m. Five 20-minute slots are open — and Light on the Hill has already claimed the first one, taking the 9 a.m. spot.
Community Foundation has deployed $80 million in flood relief. The question that won’t go away: why not just give it to the city and county?
The money has gone to 102 different organizations across 161 individual grants, funding everything from home rebuilds to mental health counseling to a $10,000 grant that outfitted Kerrville police officers with dress uniforms.
Kerrville police restore captain rank in round of promotions
James Machetta and Jonathan Cline were promoted to captain and Jason Beard to lieutenant during a ceremony attended by family and friends. The department also swore in Dalton Bandy, a lateral officer joining with prior law enforcement experience.
Kerrville ISD faces $2.7 million deficit as enrollment decline deepens
The latest figures project a $2,687,325 shortfall for the 2026-27 school year, with total spending of about $50.3 million against $47.6 million in revenue. That gap is smaller than earlier drafts — the second budget update pegged it at $4.85 million and the third at $3.8 million — reflecting cuts and revised projections since the spring.
Your questions about Kerrville’s disaster tax rate, answered
Under Texas law, cities that have experienced a declared disaster can adopt a "disaster tax rate" — a mechanism that lets them raise the property tax rate above the standard voter-approval cap without triggering an automatic election, specifically to fund disaster-related recovery costs.
Playhouse 2000 opens ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Friday at the Cailloux
The show stars married couple Jeffrey Brown and Jane L. Sansom-Brown as Tevye and Golde, leading a cast of 35 local volunteer singers and dancers under director Heather Cunningham, music director Alexis Korbe, choreographer Ambra Harrah and stage manager Kerri Sparkman. Brown is also Playhouse 2000's executive director, a post he's held for 15 years.
Shelter reopens, grant assistance and free rides available for flood-affected residents
The shelter is located at Calvary Temple, 3000 TX-534 Loop in Kerrville, and is open 24 hours. Meals are provided, but pets are not allowed. Anyone who knows someone displaced by the flood and in need of a place to stay is asked to direct them to the shelter.
Kerr County Commissioners Court extends disaster declaration, PIA suspension
Commissioners voted to extend the county's Declaration of Local State of Disaster stemming from the severe storms and flooding, and authorized County Judge Rob Kelly to sign the extension.