The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) says one person is dead and three others are injured after a crash in Swisher ...

The new head of the Border Patrol is in the Valley Friday. Mike Banks, the highest-ranking U.S. Border Patrol chief, swore in ...

Carlos Ayala Morales got out of prison last year after serving time for child sex assault but was never registered as a sex offender. DPS blames human error.

A former Hutchinson County Sheriff’s Office Deputy has been arrested and charged with possession of child pornography.

Abbott is in Washington this week to lobby Congress for $11 billion to compensate Texas for money spent on his Operation Lone ...

The Texas DPS arrested over 20 individuals and rescued 4 victims in a human trafficking crackdown in the Permian Basin, with ...

Texas AG Ken Paxton is investigating Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek due to data privacy concerns.

Authorities said the driver was ejected during the crash and flown to a Lubbock hospital, were he later succumbed to his injuries.

Two men recently added to Texas' 10 Most Wanted lists are both wanted for crimes against children, among other offenses.

The Sabine County Sheriff's Office announced Sheriff Tom Maddox died this week after battling long-term health issues.

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