A family of five from Houston was killed during an accident while they were driving to the Dallas area for Mother’s Day.

The bill, which would require schools to use a definition of antisemitism when considering discipline for students, will soon head over to Abbott’s desk.

Senate Bill 36, a priority bill for Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, would create an office within the Department of Public Safety focused on immigration enforcement, organized crime and threats to state infrastructure.

Authorities did not say how the individuals arrested in Hays County may be tied to the Venezuelan gang. It was also unclear what criminal charges people may face, though drugs were seized.

Detectives from Constable Ryan Gable’s Office, in collaboration with local law enforcement and the Texas Department of Public Safety, conducted a sting operation on March 18, 2025, targeting online predators soliciting minors.

The Texas Department of Public Safety has increased the reward to $6,000 for information leading to an arrest in the unsolved 1990 murder of Jackie Foster.

Between Feb. 24 and 28, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested nine undocumented immigrants in the Houston area who have been charged with or convicted of sex offenses and are subject to removal from the United States.

Authorities in Houston have arrested a man they believe is affiliated with the violent MS-13 gang.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced that an operation targeting criminals and undocumented migrants is underway in Colony Ridge.

The Colony Ridge development has long been under scrutiny from conservative lawmakers, think tanks and influencers who cast it as a hotbed for undocumented immigrants and cartel crime.

Three jailers who work at the Polk County Jail have been arrested, accused of assaulting a 34-year-old inmate from Kingwood inside of the jail.

There are at least 75,710 sex offenders living in the Lone Star State. There are several ways you can check if someone is a sexual offender or if one lives in your neighborhood.

On an unusually warm February in Livingston, Texas, Audrii Cunningham, an 11-year-old girl whose only fault was being too kind, was kidnapped and brutally murdered by a man who entered her life just a few years prior.

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is asking for anyone with any information or relevant concerns to reach out to them after arresting a man for allegedly possessing child pornography.

Two fugitives listed on Texas’ 10 Most Wanted Criminal Illegal Immigrants List have been captured by the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Authorities are investigating a shooting involving a Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) trooper that left a 17-year-old boy injured on Friday morning in Humble.

Gov. Greg Abbott has directed the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) to surge Texas Anti-Terrorism Task Force resources to aggressively combat radical jihadist terrorism.

Four confirmed members of a violent Venezuelan gang were arrested after attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border into Texas on New Year’s Eve.

The agency says staff is working with affected customers to reschedule their appointments as quickly as possible.

The Victoria County Sheriff’s Office says they received a call about the crash at 7:30 a.m. Friday. The crash happened in the 4400 block of US 77.

Three of the most dangerous fugitives in the State of Texas are now behind bars after recent arrests, the Texas Department of Public Safety announced.

As Thanksgiving approaches, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is ramping up traffic enforcement to ensure everyone reaches their holiday destinations safely.

The Texas Department of Public Safety is honoring Texas Highway Patrol Trooper Kevin Alexis Ramirez Vasquez, who died on Sept. 28 after being struck by a vehicle while investigating a crash in Ector County.

The Texas Department of Public Safety is extending its service hours by offering Saturday appointments at select driver’s license offices in the Houston area throughout October.

Athir Murady is accused of gunning down Harris County Deputy Constable Maher Husseini at a traffic light in Houston on Tuesday.

More and more people are shining lasers at pilots flying above Houston.

A Harris County fugitive who was recently added to Texas’ 10 Most Wanted Criminal Immigrants List has been captured, the Texas Department of Public Safety announced.

The Texas Department of Public Safety has added 20-year-old Jose Miguel Zelaya-Ponce from Honduras to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Criminal Illegal Immigrants List.

It is unclear what caused the helicopter to have to make an emergency landing but was taking a burn patient to the Medical Center.

The former Uvalde schools police chief says he thinks he's been “scapegoated” as the one to blame for the botched law enforcement response to the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.

The Harris County Toll Road Authority and Texas Department of Public Safety are increasing highway patrols in Houston.

One person is dead after a small plane crashed in Brazoria County Tuesday.

The driver of a Tesla Cybertruck dies after the vehicle catches fire following a crash on the side of a road in Baytown on Monday, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Investigators need your help finding Jose Calderon Arias, 5, who was last seen with a 60-year-old man, who Texas DPS say is wanted in connection with his disappearance.

Some students were relieved they were offered a type of academic probation that would allow them to remain in classes.

Authorities identified the driver, Reginald James House, and said he died at the scene. Two little girls, 5 and 7 years old, respectively were passengers in the car and were taken to the hospital for minor injuries.

The Houston Police Department (HPD) DWI Task Force, in collaboration with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, Texas Department of Public Safety, Harris County District Attorney’s Office, and Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), has announced a joint initiative to combat drunk driving.

Records from a 10-count indictment were released Friday in the case against former Uvalde school district police chief Pete Arredondo.

A Missouri City police officer who was involved in a two-vehicle crash that killed a mother and her teen son has been relieved of duty, according to the department\.

The arrests were the result of the second police crackdown on pro-Palestine demonstrations at UT-Austin. The first protest, on April 24, resulted in 57 arrests, which were also dismissed.

Law enforcement agencies keeping a watchful eye on Houston and Harris County say they haven’t had any run-ins with looters.

From video game chats, to social media, to meet-ups at nightclubs; human smuggling is not as far from your front door as you may think. Smuggling operations are using the crisis along the southern border to entice people from all walks life into risking their freedom for quick cash.

Data from Customs and Border Protection shows illegal border crossings have been going down since January.

University officials banned all students arrested from campus, except for “academic reasons.”

Law enforcement officials might find themselves in a strange limbo due to the legal chess match regarding Senate Bill 4. Especially after a U.S. appeals court put the state’s controversial immigration law, Senate Bill 4, back on hold.

More and more people are shining lasers at pilots flying above Houston.

McCraw, the state police chief, traveled to Uvalde to appear before a grand jury considering criminal charges against officers for their botched response to the 2022 school shooting.

Officials with Livingston Police are actively searching for an 11-year-old girl last seen at her home Thursday morning.

Road rage shootings are unfortunately not uncommon in the Houston area and law enforcement officials are looking for ways to ensure drivers are safe as they travel across the city.

A DPS trooper reportedly shot a man during a narcotics investigation at a gas station in Conroe Thursday.

An officer has reportedly been A DPS trooper reportedly shot a man during a narcotics investigation at a gas station in Conroe Thursday.shot multiple times in Conroe.

The U.S. Department of Justice just released its investigation into law enforcement’s response to the shooting at Robb Elementary School. But at least three other investigations have not yet been released to the public.

A Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter patrolling the state’s border with Mexico has crashed, injuring at least one person.

Governor Greg Abbott is set to speak about the state’s response to the winter weather impacting Texas this weekend and next week.

The city’s mayor was told the state operation to halt illegal border crossings would last indefinitely.

The state has until Jan. 3 to say it won’t arrest people accused of unauthorized entry from Mexico. If not, the Biden administration will sue, saying immigration enforcement is a federal responsibility.

A missing pregnant woman who was the subject of a Texas Department of Public Safety CLEAR Alert was found alongside a man inside a parked vehicle near an apartment complex in San Antonio, KSAT News reports.

A habitual offender and sex trafficker from Houston was sentenced to 35 years in prison after being convicted of forcing a 15-year-old girl into prostitution in 2019, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Wednesday.

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High-speed pursuits of migrants and suspected smugglers have become routine in Texas.

The Texas Department of Public Safety shows between 2021 and 2022, Houston police numbers show murders down from 464 in 2021 to 429 the next year. Rape is at 1,105 down from 1,171.

A Silver Alert has been issued for a 72-year-old man who was reported missing in northeast Houston.

A police chase has ended in a fatal crash in northwest Harris County.

An endangered missing alert was issued on Tuesday for a 21-year-old disabled man from Forney, Texas, the Texas Department of Public Safety said.

A man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for a shooting which led to the death of a 2-year-old boy in Spring.

The Texas Department of Public Safety shared on Tuesday, they have promoted the first woman to serve as a Texas Ranger Major since the organization was started 200 years ago.

A clear alert has been issued for a Houston-area man on Monday after he was last seen on Sept. 8, the Texas Department of Public Safety said.

A father and son have died in a plane crash at the Huntsville Municipal Airport Wednesday, officials said.

The Texas Military Department confirmed Friday the National Guard member who is accused of shooting across the Rio Grande and wounding a man was placed on paid leave.

FBI Houston is conducting a massive arrest operation targeting alleged violent gang members throughout the city Thursday.

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has issued an Amber Alert for a missing teenager from Rockwall.

A Silver Alert has been issued for a missing 67-year-old woman from Houston.

The 40-year-old man is now facing six counts of aggravated sexual assault stemming from an investigation into attacks on three women.

The Texas Senate Democratic Caucus released a letter Wednesday that shares a request for the Department of Homeland Security to conduct a formal investigation into the allegations made against the Texas Department of Public Safety.

In the wake of reporting alleging “inhumane” practices at the Mexico-Texas border, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a joint statement on Tuesday from Texas Border Czar Mike Banks, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw, and Texas Adjutant Gen. Maj. Gen. Thomas Suelzer:

Texas began rolling out what is set to become a new floating barrier on the Rio Grande on Friday in the latest escalation of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s multibillion-dollar effort to secure the U.S. border with Mexico, which already has included bussing migrants to liberal states and authorizing the National Guard to make arrests.

Texas has started rolling out what is set to become a new floating barrier on the Rio Grande.

The Texas Department of Public Safety is asking for the public’s assistance in locating an 82-year-old woman who they said was last seen in Kerrville, Texas, Sunday.

Texas Department of Public Safety officers were criticized for the disparate number of Latino and Black residents arrested during the first iteration of a partnership to help Austin with policing duties.

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A Chambers County Sheriff’s deputy was airlifted to a hospital after he was involved in a major crash on I-10 East near Highway 61, officials said.

Texas Department of Public Safety issued an Amber Alert early Friday morning for two little girls missing out of San Antonio: Zylah Faulks, 2, and Kamil Brown-Sykes, 9.

DPS said Steven Clay Leifeste, 44, has been wanted since March 2021.

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, Harris County Constables, the Texas Department of Public Safety, American Automobile Association (AAA) and Mothers Against Drunk Driving have joined forces ahead of the Memorial Day holiday weekend to crack down on drunk drivers across the county.

A Silver Alert has been issued for a 66-year-old man reported missing in Alvin.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle threw their support behind a new requirement that the unit use only commissioned peace officers for enforcement actions.

Truckers have reported waiting up to 24 hours to cross the border because of the inspections. Gov. Greg Abbott ordered similar inspections last year to stop smuggling, but troopers found no contraband after checking more than 4,000 vehicles.

One of the suspects that was arrested in connection with the San Jacinto County murders is facing federal charges, court documents said.

A month after the Texas Department of Public Safety began patrolling Austin streets, city officials have both praised a drop in violent crime and condemned the operation’s disparate impact on Latino and Black residents. In 2019, Dallas faced the same challenges.

DPS SWAT officers executed a search warrant and was able to seize 507,000 lethal doses of fentanyl—enough to kill more than half of Austin’s current population—along with methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin.

A woman is dead after being ejected from a vehicle in a crash caused by speed and wet roads in New Caney Wednesday, the Texas Department of Public Safety said.

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The Texas Department of Public Safety is urging Texans to avoid traveling to Mexico during spring break, and beyond, due to the ongoing violence throughout that country.

In its first bill passed this session, the Texas Senate sought to ensure juvenile mental health hospitalizations are reported to the federal firearm background check system.

A Chinese crime operation bypassed the password clues of Texas.gov by using stolen identity information to fraudulently obtain replacement driver’s licenses.

Authorities say a high school student confessed to sending a hoax bomb threat via AirDrop that resulted in an American Airlines flight being diverted from the tarmac at a Texas airport last week.

The Texas Department of Public Safety is instead asking lawmakers for $381.5 million to upgrade its current facilities with better technology, dormitories and cafeteria for trainees from across the state.

A crash involving an 18-wheeler and another vehicle closed the intersection of FM-1093 and FM-1463 in both directions Tuesday, authorities said.

Gov. Greg Abbott announced Monday that there’s a “statewide model security plan” for Texas state agencies to “address vulnerabilities presented by the use of TikTok and other software on personal and state-issued devices.”

Gov. Greg Abbott will provide an update on the state’s efforts to secure the border during Monday’s news conference in San Benito, according to a release.