The Texas Department of Criminal Justice announced the expansion of its Virtual Court Program, a groundbreaking initiative that leverages technology to modernize justice administration within the ...

Trump’s new directive that aims to increase death sentences clashes with some Texas lawmakers’ efforts to add guardrails to ...

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MISSOURI CITY, Texas - The Texas Department of Public Safety has issued an Amber Alert for a missing 15-year-old girl who may ...

WOOD COUNTY, Texas — Two East Texas men are dead after crashing into a tree in Wood County Monday afternoon. Nicolas Wilkins, 22, and Brekilyn Martin, 19, both of Mineola, were going west on County ...

Martin Zavala allegedly contacted undercover officers offered or agreed to pay a fee of $100 for the purpose of engaging in ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday morning asked the Texas Department of Public Safety, or DPS, to deploy tactical strike ...

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), in collaboration with the Texas Highway Patrol (THP), recovered 16 illegal ...

The Republican governor on Wednesday ordered Texas agencies to help with arrests, share intelligence and help find new detainment facilities.

Darrel Keith Hudson, 54, of Levelland was pronounced deceased following a crash in Hockley County on Wednesday, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. According to a crash report, ...

Several school districts and the Massachusetts attorney general issued guidance on how schools should react if approached by ...

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