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 ...

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

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

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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 ...

Loved ones of a Midland man killed earlier this week in a crash off of Interstate 20 have launched a fundraiser to help his ...

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 ...

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

Amazon is suing an agency in Washington state to prevent the release of some company materials to The Washington Post.

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