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The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) will increase patrols on roads to ensure motorists drive responsibly this spring ...

TEXAS (KXII) - The Texas Department of Public Safety is doing its part to help keep roads safe during Spring Break. Texas DPS said it will have more patrols on Texas roads through St. Patrick’s Day.

Texas DPS seized almost $7M worth of cocaine from a semitruck at a Rio Grande Valley border crossing and arrested 33-year-old ...

The Texas Department of Public Safety says it seized more than $6 million in cocaine as part of Operation Lone Star. On March ...

DPS said that last year, during their 2024 Spring Break and St. Patrick’s Day enforcement efforts, more than 52,793 citations ...

Janie Lou Dobbs, 70, died in a rollover crash on FM 3503 in Ector County. She was not wearing a seatbelt, according to DPS.

A man who was walking across Farm-to-Market Road 665 in Nueces County died after he was struck by a vehicle early Saturday.

The Reeves County Sheriff’s Office has arrested one person in connection with the disappearance of a 14-year-old child who ...

Ellis County continues to assess damage and clean up from the severe weather that hit Ennis and Waxahachie especially hard.

The Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating an ATV crash that left a man dead over the weekend. At approximately 9:11 p.m. on Saturday, DPS troopers ...

Kenneth Wayne Silvey, 63, appeared by Zoom before the 252nd District Court on Monday, March 10 where he formally declined the ...