AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) officially has a new class of state troopers. On Friday, 138 new ...

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At around midnight on May 18, 2016, Texas DPS says Jaramillo, a mother of nine, left work to return home but never made it. Texas DPS says Jaramillo’s body was found by Laredo Parks and ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) said it began increasing patrols on roads Saturday to ensure safe driving over spring break and ahead of St. Patrick’s Day.

AUSTIN At the direction of Governor Greg Abbott, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) launched a new feature on the iWatchTexas Community Reporting System to protect the public from ...

During the traffic stop in Lubbock, DPS troopers reportedly found a meth pipe, an obscene hand-written note and devices containing illicit material.

On Friday, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) welcomed 138 new Texas Highway Patrol Troopers from recruit Class ...

A 46-year-old man faces felony child pornography charges after investigators say a February traffic stop yielded evidence that he possessed and planned to distribute images and videos that ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A bill lawmakers have discussed this month could expand the patrol area for the Texas Department of Public Safety’s (DPS) Capitol division. “I’ve seen some incidents ...

HOUSTON — The Texas Department of Public Safety said a trooper shot a person in northwest Houston Friday afternoon, near the intersection of Tomball Parkway and FM 1960, Cypress Creek Parkway.

GATESVILLE, Texas (KWTX) — Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Troopers are investigating a deadly crash involving a 2016 RAM 3500 truck on Highway 84 that happened February 27. According to ...