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

Agents with the Texas Department of Public Safety made gang-related arrests for weapons and drugs in El Paso last Friday.

LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is asking for the public’s help in locating a fugitive who ...

A man was arrested in central Laredo in relation to the smuggling attempt of 16 migrants, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

US Border Patrol agents received gunfire from cartel members in Mexico while patrolling in Fronton, Starr County.

A 19-year-old man from Palestine, Texas, was killed in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of US 285 and CR 408, ...

Authorities said both vehicles ended up in ditches off the highway after the crash, and the unsecured driver from Amarillo ...

A man has been arrested for transporting five migrants who were pretending to be construction workers, according to the Texas ...

A Texas police sergeant and Army veteran died in the line of duty, and is now being hailed as a hero for preventing further ...

Authorities said a man was driving a pickup truck at an unsafe speed for the snowy conditions when it crossed into oncoming ...

The Texas Department of Public Safety seized approximately 51 pounds of suspected marijuana during a traffic stop in ...