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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- An outage at the Texas Department of Safety caused driver license offices to close statewide on Monday. Texas DPS employees are assisting affected customers to reschedule ...

The Houston Police Department is investigating after two people were injured when an elderly man suffered a medical emergency ...

Two on Texas' Most Wanted Criminal Illegal Immigrants List were arrested in Houston and Mesquite for charges including ...

The latest Department of Public Safety news from The Texas Tribune. By Ayden Runnels Jan. 7, 2025 The governor is calling for an expansion of in-state anti-terrorism programs and an increase in ...

The Texas DPS increases the reward to $6,000 for information on the 1981 cold case murder of Karen Lynn Douglas.

While Houstonians were sheltered in place, Hamon Brown spotted an officer doing donuts in a marked cruiser in an empty ...

Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday directed the Texas Department of Public Safety to deploy tactical strike teams to support the ...

The Texas Department of Public Safety announced in a social media post that the outage forced the agency to close all driver's license offices on Monday afternoon. Staff was working with customers ...

The Texas Department of Public Safety advises preparation and caution as winter storms bring extreme weather conditions like freezing rain, ice, and snow, especially impacting northeast Houston and ...

Houston The Northwest Austin Department of Public Safety office on Jan. 24, 2019. The department closed offices on Monday due to an unspecified outage. (Emree Weaver/The Texas Tribune, Emree ...

An adult male, identified as one of Texas' 10 Most Wanted fugitives, has been arrested for murder following a successful ...