Follow for live updates in the Texas flooding as more than 173 are missing as rescuers continue a desperate search

In Kerr County, home to Camp Mystic and other youth camps in the Texas Hill Country, searchers have found the bodies of 68 people, including 28 children, Sheriff Larry Leitha said.

Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha shares an update on the rising death toll from the devastating flash floods that have swept through Texas, causing widespread damage and prompting an ongoing search and recovery effort across the region.

The Grayson County Sheriff’s Office and local leaders are exploring ways to help out ---by hiring new deputies that would focus on the truck traffic and weights/measurements enforcement.

We wanted a law enforcement patrol boat that we can get out on the lake and provide assistance or whatever we need,” Sheriff Chuck Havard said.

According to PCSO, a woman was choked and assaulted at her home in the Willows Bay Subdivision in Rocky Point on July 8.

When we first started dating, I was doing the Facebook stalking to see what he was all about, where he liked the Lindale, Texas library,” said his wife Liliana. “I was like ‘that’s really cool.’ I didn’t think much of it until we were planning our honeymoon.

Harrowing photos show what's left of volunteer Fire Chief Michael Phillips' emergency vehicle after he was swept away in devastating flash flooding in Texas.