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Tony Plohetski

@tplohetski

Investigative reporter @statesman and @KVUE. 🏳️‍🌈 🏆 : duPont, 3x national Murrow winner; Pulitzer finalist; Texas’ best print and TV journalist in ‘23.

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NEW: A confessed child predator in Austin was deported after prosecutors missed a 90-day window to bring an indictment, one of several such cases in recent months. Here’s our story, airing tonight KVUE News at 6, examining what happened and why. youtu.be/G7Ux92lrp-A?si…

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BREAKING: Texas Democrat Colin Allred, the former professional football player who served in the U.S. House, has announced a run for the U.S. Senate. He had challenged Ted Cruz in 2024.

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BREAKING: Kerr County Judge Rob Kelley confirmed at least six fatalities in massive flooding in the Texas Hill Country. Multiple people have been rescued, he said, including from RVs and campers along the Guadalupe River.

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BREAKING: Camp Mystic, in an official communication to parents, confirms it has notified parents that their daughters may be missing from a catastrophic flash flooding event as widespread searches are ongoing in the Texas Hill Country.

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BREAKING: Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says that “20-some” campers are unaccounted for from Camp Mystic but “that does not mean they have been lost.” “They could be in a tree. They could be out of communication. We are praying for those missing to be found alive.”

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BREAKING: The death toll is at 24 in Kerr County, according to the sheriff, from what officials call an “extraordinary catastrophe” as search and rescue missions continue into the night.

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BREAKING: Emergency crews in western Travis County have conducted about two dozen water rescues along Cow Creek in an unfolding situation, officials said. They have found multiple mobile homes that appear to be washed away. It is unclear if they were occupied.

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Important accountability journalism from Tony Plohetski: “To say this is something they did not expect, that tells me their emergency plan did not work.” statesman.com/story/news/loc… #txlege

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BREAKING: 27 Camp Mystic campers are still missing, local Kerr County authorities say, as the death toll climbs to at least 43.

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NEW: Two 8-year-old girls from Austin are the first publicly confirmed local deaths, their families said. Linnie McCown and Mary Stevens were both campers at Camp Mystic when flood waters swept through.

NEW: Two 8-year-old girls from Austin are the first publicly confirmed local deaths, their families said.
Linnie McCown and Mary Stevens were both campers at Camp Mystic when flood waters swept through.
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BREAKING: In a staggering loss, Camp Mystic said in a Monday morning post on its web site that it has lost 27 campers and counselors in the July 4 flood.

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Today, after 38 years of marriage, I filed for divorce on biblical grounds. I believe marriage is a sacred covenant and I have earnestly pursued reconciliation. But in light of recent discoveries, I do not believe that it honors God or is loving to myself, my children, or Ken to

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Tonight on PBS News Weekend: Tony Plohetski on the search for victims in Texas being interrupted by rain and fresh flash flood warnings; Ali Rogin with Michael Schwirtz and Jane Bradley on how Russia used Brazil as a launch pad for intelligence operations around the world ... 1/2